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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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A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

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

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....