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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 periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

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

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

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