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.

Glossary

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

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

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

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

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

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

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