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 decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...