What is Precipitation?

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

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

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

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.