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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

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

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

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

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...