Holding as much water or moisture as air can hold.
hail
humidity
saturated
freezing rain
The process by which a gas, such as water vapor, becomes a liquid.
condensation
air mass
hail
saturated
The amount of water vapor that is in the air.
humidity
relative humidity
Jet Stream
condensation
A dark-based storm cloud capable of impressive vertical growth and producing heavy precipitation, lightning, and hail.
hail
freezing rain
cumulonimbus cloud
sleet
Rain that falls as rain but freezes into ice as soon as it hits a surface that’s temperature is lower than the freezing point of water.
sleet
hail
Cumulonimbus cloud
freezing rain
Frozen ice pellets that form when snow crystals melt as they hit warm air, then refreeze when the raindrops fall through a layer of freezing air.
sleet
freezing rain
hail
air mass
Narrow bands of strong wind in the upper atmosphere that follow the boundaries between warm and cold air masses and generally blow from west to east across the globe.
Jet stream
air mass
relative humidity
humidity
Balls of ice that form in updrafts of air in cumulonimbus clouds.
freezing rain
sleet
hail
humidity
The percentage of water vapor that is in a volume of air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that the air can hold.
humidity
relative humidity
cumulonimbus cloud
sleet
A large body of air where temperatures and moisture content are constant or the same throughout.