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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

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

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

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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 term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

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

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