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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Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.
Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.