What is precipitation? Answer in brief
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Precipitation is any type of water that forms in the Earth's atmosphere and then drops onto the surface of the Earth.
Water vapor, droplets of water suspended in the air, builds up in the Earth's atmosphere. Water vapor in the atmosphere is visible as clouds and fog. Water vapor collects with other materials, such as dust, in clouds.
Precipitation condenses, or forms, around these tiny pieces of material, calledcloud condensation nuclei (CCN).
Clouds eventually get too full of water vapor, and the precipitation turns into a liquid (rain) or a solid (snow).
Precipitation is part of the water cycle. Precipitation falls to the ground as snow and rain. It eventually evaporates and rises back into the atmosphere as a gas. In clouds, it turns back into liquid or solid water, and it falls to Earth again. People rely on precipitation for fresh water to drink, bathe, andirrigate crops for food.
The most common types of precipitation are rain, hail, and snow.
Water vapor, droplets of water suspended in the air, builds up in the Earth's atmosphere. Water vapor in the atmosphere is visible as clouds and fog. Water vapor collects with other materials, such as dust, in clouds.
Precipitation condenses, or forms, around these tiny pieces of material, calledcloud condensation nuclei (CCN).
Clouds eventually get too full of water vapor, and the precipitation turns into a liquid (rain) or a solid (snow).
Precipitation is part of the water cycle. Precipitation falls to the ground as snow and rain. It eventually evaporates and rises back into the atmosphere as a gas. In clouds, it turns back into liquid or solid water, and it falls to Earth again. People rely on precipitation for fresh water to drink, bathe, andirrigate crops for food.
The most common types of precipitation are rain, hail, and snow.
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1. Precipitation is the falling of water from the sky in different forms.
2. They all form from the clouds which are raised about 8 to 16 kilometers (4 to 11 miles) above the ground in the earth’s troposphere.
3. Precipitation takes place whenever any or all forms of water particles fall from these high levels of the atmosphere and reach the earth surface
4. The drop to the ground is caused by frictional drag and gravity.
5. When one falling particle drops from the cloud, it leaves behind a turbulent wake, causing faster and continued drops.
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Different Types of Precipitation
1. Rain
2. Snow
3. Sleet
4. Freezing Rain
5. Hail
6. Drizzle
7. Sun shower
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______Rain ________
Rain is any liquid that drops from the clouds in the sky. Rain is described as water droplets of 0.5 mm or larger. Droplets less than half a millimeter are defined as drizzle. Raindrops frequently fall when small cloud particles strike and bind together, creating bigger drops. As this process continues, the drops get bigger and bigger to an extent where they become too heavy suspend on the air. As a result, the gravity pulls then down to the earth.
________Snow ________
Snow occurs almost every time there is rain. However, snow often melts before it reaches the earth surface. It is precipitation in the form of virga or flakes of ice water falling from the clouds. Snow is normally seen together with high, thin and weak cirrus clouds. Snow can at times fall when the atmospheric temperatures are above freezing, but it mostly occur in sub-freezing air. When the temperatures are above freezing, the snowflakes can partially melt but because of relatively warm temperatures, the evaporation of the particles occurs almost immediately.
_______Sleet (Ice Pellets)____
Sleet takes place in freezing atmospheric conditions. Sleet, also known as ice pellets, form when snow falls into a warm layer then melts into rain and then the rain droplets falls into a freezing layer of air that is cold enough to refreeze the raindrops into ice pellets.
_______Freezing Rain_____
Freezing rain happens when rain falls during below freezing conditions/temperatures. This normally results in the solidification of rain droplets. The raindrops are super-cooled while passing through the sub-freezing layer in the atmosphere and freezes by the time it reaches the ground. During freezing rains, it is common to witness an even coating of ice on cars, streets, trees, and power lines.
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1. Precipitation is the falling of water from the sky in different forms.
2. They all form from the clouds which are raised about 8 to 16 kilometers (4 to 11 miles) above the ground in the earth’s troposphere.
3. Precipitation takes place whenever any or all forms of water particles fall from these high levels of the atmosphere and reach the earth surface
4. The drop to the ground is caused by frictional drag and gravity.
5. When one falling particle drops from the cloud, it leaves behind a turbulent wake, causing faster and continued drops.
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Different Types of Precipitation
1. Rain
2. Snow
3. Sleet
4. Freezing Rain
5. Hail
6. Drizzle
7. Sun shower
.............
______Rain ________
Rain is any liquid that drops from the clouds in the sky. Rain is described as water droplets of 0.5 mm or larger. Droplets less than half a millimeter are defined as drizzle. Raindrops frequently fall when small cloud particles strike and bind together, creating bigger drops. As this process continues, the drops get bigger and bigger to an extent where they become too heavy suspend on the air. As a result, the gravity pulls then down to the earth.
________Snow ________
Snow occurs almost every time there is rain. However, snow often melts before it reaches the earth surface. It is precipitation in the form of virga or flakes of ice water falling from the clouds. Snow is normally seen together with high, thin and weak cirrus clouds. Snow can at times fall when the atmospheric temperatures are above freezing, but it mostly occur in sub-freezing air. When the temperatures are above freezing, the snowflakes can partially melt but because of relatively warm temperatures, the evaporation of the particles occurs almost immediately.
_______Sleet (Ice Pellets)____
Sleet takes place in freezing atmospheric conditions. Sleet, also known as ice pellets, form when snow falls into a warm layer then melts into rain and then the rain droplets falls into a freezing layer of air that is cold enough to refreeze the raindrops into ice pellets.
_______Freezing Rain_____
Freezing rain happens when rain falls during below freezing conditions/temperatures. This normally results in the solidification of rain droplets. The raindrops are super-cooled while passing through the sub-freezing layer in the atmosphere and freezes by the time it reaches the ground. During freezing rains, it is common to witness an even coating of ice on cars, streets, trees, and power lines.
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