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

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

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.