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Types of Precipitation
Precipitation is water in a solid of liquid form that falls from clouds to the Earth’s surface under the influence of gravity.
Rain is liquid water drops that fall mostly from nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds Drizzle isnimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds. Drizzle is somewhat smaller droplets that drift slowly toward the surface.
Fog restricts visibility to 1000 m or less. Dense fog restricts to 100 m or less. Fog consists of suspended tiny water droplets (could also be suspended ice crystals). Fog is a cloud on the ground Mist restricts visibility less than fogcloud on the ground. Mist restricts visibility less than fog.
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Rain is the Most Common Type of PrecipitationRain is the Most Common Type of Precipitation
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Edge of Hurricane KatrinaEdge of Hurricane Katrina
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Radiation Fog Occurs on a Clear Night, with Light g g , gWinds and a Humid Air Mass near the Surface.
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Radiation Fog is Very Common over Marshy or M i T i Lik h V ll i NYMoist Terrain Like these Valleys in NY.
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Advection fog occurs when a relatively humid air mass moves over relatively cold ground and condensation occursmoves over relatively cold ground and condensation occurs.
It can also form when a warm humid air mass encounters a somewhat colder lake or ocean like warm air over the cooler Great
Lakes during the summer.
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Steam Fog (Arctic Sea Smoke) Develops When Very Cold and Dry Air Flows over an Unfrozen y y
Body of Water.Because the Air Is Destabilized, Fog Appears as Rising
Streamers that Resemble Smoke or Steam.
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Upslope Fog Forms due to Orographic LiftingUpslope Fog Forms due to Orographic Lifting
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Virga Is Rain that Falls from the Cloud But E b f Hi i h G dEvaporates before Hitting the Ground.
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Snow Flakes vs. Freezing RainSnow Flakes vs. Freezing Rain
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Snow is formed from solid water ice crystals that agglomerate together becoming flakes Big ones form nearagglomerate together becoming flakes. Big ones form near freezing and small ones form at colder temperatures.
Snow pellets (called soft hail or graupel) are small spherical particles of ice that form when super cooled water droplets p p pcollide and freeze on an ice crystal.
Snow grains (also called granular snow) are smaller grains that originate in drizzle and freeze before they hit the ground.
Ice pellets (commonly called sleet) form when snowflakes i ll l l l h f ll h h b f ipartially or completely melt as the fall through above freezing
air beneath the cloud base, then freeze again below.
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Graupel or Snow Pellets also Called Soft HailGraupel or Snow Pellets also Called Soft Hail
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Ice Pellets (also Called Sleet) Are Formed from S Fl k th P ti ll M lt d th F A iSnow Flakes the Partially Melt and the Freeze Again.
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Conditions for Snow, Sleet, Freezing Rain and RainDepend on the Vertical Temperature Profile
of the Atmosphere.
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Layered Appearance of a Hail Stone. Big Lumpy H il S W i h d 1 67 P dHail Stone Weighed 1.67 Pounds.
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Freezing Rain Falls to the Ground as RainThen Freezes with Contact with Cold Ground or OtherThen Freezes with Contact with Cold Ground or Other
Surface below Freezing