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 formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...
An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...
Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...