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.

Glossary

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

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

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