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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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Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...