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 periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.