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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In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...
A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...