Meteorological Phenomena
- Atmospheric pressure – the pressure at any given point in the Earth's atmosphere
- Cloud – a visible mass of droplets or frozen crystals floating in the atmosphere above the surface of a planet
- Rain – precipitation in which separate drops of water fall to the Earth from clouds, a product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor
- Snow – precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds
- Freezing rain – precipitation that falls from a cloud as snow, melts completely on its way down, then passes through a layer of below-freezing air becoming supercooled, at which point it will freeze upon impact with any object encountered
- Sleet – term used in the United States and Canada for precipitation consisting of small, translucent ice balls, usually smaller than hailstones
- Tropical cyclone – a storm system with a low pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and flooding rain
- Extratropical cyclone – a low-pressure weather system occurring in the middle latitudes of the Earth having neither tropical nor polar characteristics
- Weather front – a boundary separating two masses of air of different densities; the principal cause of meteorological phenomena
- Low pressure – a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower in relation to the surrounding area
- Storm – any disturbed state of the atmosphere and strongly implying severe weather
- Flooding – an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges the land; a deluge
- Nor'easter – a macro-scale storm along the East Coast of the United States, named for the winds that come from the northeast
- Wind – the flow of air or other gases that compose an atmosphere; caused by rising heated air and cooler air rushing in to occupy the vacated space.
- Temperature – a physical property that describes our common notions of hot and cold
- Invest (meteorology) – An area with the potential for tropical cyclone development
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