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 cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...