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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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The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...