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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The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...
A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...