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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.