When a 30% chance of precipitation was forecast in spring, it actually rained about 2 out of 10 times.This is the result of the Japan Meteorological Agency's own verification. Verification involves ...

I went out with an umbrella, but it didn't rain.It makes you want to think, "The forecast was wrong again." But how should we ...

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 ...

With the increase in climate change, global precipitation estimates have become a necessity for predicting water-related disasters like floods and droughts, as well as for managing water resources.

In research that could improve weather forecasting and winter driving safety, a University of Michigan-led study distinguished nine distinct precipitation types—varieties of rain, snow and mixed-phase ...