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 line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.
A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...