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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 sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.