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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In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...