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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

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

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

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

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...