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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Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

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