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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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The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.