What are the different forms of precipitation?
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Answer:
There are three distinct ways that precipitation can occur. Convective precipitation is generally more intense, and of shorter duration, than stratiform precipitation.
Explanation:
The different types of precipitation are:
Rain. Most commonly observed, drops larger than drizzle (0.02 inch / 0.5 mm or more) are considered rain. ...
Drizzle. Fairly uniform precipitation composed exclusively of fine drops very close together. ...
Ice Pellets (Sleet) ...
Hail. ...
Small Hail (Snow Pellets) ...
Snow. ...
Snow Grains. ...
Ice Crystals.
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