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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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Glossary

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

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

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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