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

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

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

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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