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 jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...
A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....