What is Precipitation?

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...