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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

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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

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

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...