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 measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....
An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.
The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...