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How can a storm drop 40 inches (1 metre) of rain?

answered Aug 27, 2017 at 17:28

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Why did Hurricane Ida have so much precipitation when it reached the Northeast?

answered Sep 12, 2021 at 1:08

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Are there any (land) hills/mountains with bases below sea level?

answered Aug 21 at 14:11

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What does a mm of rain mean?

answered Jul 11, 2018 at 15:57

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Is there sand in Antarctica?

answered May 21, 2018 at 22:00

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Why is it colder in the mountains than at sea level?

answered Nov 5, 2016 at 7:43

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Is it typically colder after a storm?

answered Dec 16, 2016 at 9:35

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Why would it be drier indoors during the winter vs the summer?

answered Nov 30, 2021 at 23:30

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How to calculate w-wind?

answered Jan 20, 2017 at 11:07

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Is "humidity" the quantifiable metric for mugginess?

answered Apr 22 at 17:18

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How much of Earth's land area has antipodal land area?

answered May 13, 2018 at 20:41

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Why doesn't the 71% water of the earth dry or evaporate?

answered Apr 30, 2017 at 20:29

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Are there any weather services that provide hourly forecasts beyond 7 days?

answered Jul 12, 2018 at 18:05

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Are EF6 tornadoes officially recognized?

answered Sep 28, 2017 at 10:26

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Why don't weather forecast models normally take solar eclipses into account?

answered Aug 22, 2017 at 19:51

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Why does Colorado have so many days of partly cloudy skies?

answered Apr 27, 2018 at 2:30

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Is there a standardized way to define weather icons based on quantifiable data?

answered Jan 10, 2017 at 22:21

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How does the tornado chaser locate the spot?

answered Nov 11, 2016 at 3:11

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Do hurricanes cool the earth?

answered Jul 31, 2018 at 13:00

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Time for water vapor to generate more greenhouse effect than latent heat?

answered Dec 22, 2021 at 17:53

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What was the highest temperature ever recorded on the surface of Earth?

answered Nov 20, 2021 at 11:46

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Did we ever record a reduction in sea level when the Panama canal was constructed?

answered Nov 16, 2020 at 19:11

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Does the global temperature vary daily (hotter and colder days)?

answered Sep 7, 2018 at 12:22

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Temperature Inversion

answered Aug 19, 2021 at 12:15

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Precipitation in two places as independent phenomena

answered Feb 8 at 16:02

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At what latitudes does the precipitation water for Europe evaporate?

answered Jun 29 at 16:31

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Where can I find the record for the heaviest single-day rainfall ever recorded on any date at a specific location?

answered May 23, 2017 at 6:20

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Why are frontal zones connected to low-pressure systems but not to high-pressure systems?

answered Jun 16, 2017 at 19:07

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Where can I get historic hourly precipitation data for Italy?

answered Jan 10, 2017 at 22:38

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How to easily remember orientation of latitude and longitude?

answered Feb 10, 2017 at 3:47

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132 Answers

How can a storm drop 40 inches (1 metre) of rain?

Why did Hurricane Ida have so much precipitation when it reached the Northeast?

Are there any (land) hills/mountains with bases below sea level?

What does a mm of rain mean?

Is there sand in Antarctica?

Why is it colder in the mountains than at sea level?

Is it typically colder after a storm?

Why would it be drier indoors during the winter vs the summer?

How to calculate w-wind?

Is "humidity" the quantifiable metric for mugginess?

How much of Earth's land area has antipodal land area?

Why doesn't the 71% water of the earth dry or evaporate?

Are there any weather services that provide hourly forecasts beyond 7 days?

Are EF6 tornadoes officially recognized?

Why don't weather forecast models normally take solar eclipses into account?

Why does Colorado have so many days of partly cloudy skies?

Is there a standardized way to define weather icons based on quantifiable data?

How does the tornado chaser locate the spot?

Do hurricanes cool the earth?

Time for water vapor to generate more greenhouse effect than latent heat?

What was the highest temperature ever recorded on the surface of Earth?

Did we ever record a reduction in sea level when the Panama canal was constructed?

Does the global temperature vary daily (hotter and colder days)?

Temperature Inversion

Precipitation in two places as independent phenomena

At what latitudes does the precipitation water for Europe evaporate?

Where can I find the record for the heaviest single-day rainfall ever recorded on any date at a specific location?

Why are frontal zones connected to low-pressure systems but not to high-pressure systems?

Where can I get historic hourly precipitation data for Italy?

How to easily remember orientation of latitude and longitude?