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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Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...