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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An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...
The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...