Precipitation comes in all forms: rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow. Some even count virga, which becomes a gas and evaporates before it reaches us as raindrops. Hail also exists but forms ...

Forecasting wintry precipitation is a challenge. Knowing how we get rain, ice or snow takes an understanding of the vertical profile of the atmosphere. You not only need to know the temperature at the ...

Since 1901, global precipitation levels have increased by an average rate of 0.04 inches per decade, whereas in the contiguous United States, annual precipitation levels have been increasing at a rate ...