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What is Precipitation?

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

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A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...