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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 branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

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

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

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.