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[prĭ-sĭṕĭ-tā́shən]
(n.)A headlong fall or rush.
(n.)Abrupt or impulsive haste.
(n.)A hastening or acceleration, especially one that is sudden or…
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When cloud particles become too heavy to remain suspended in the air, they fall to the earth as precipitation. Precipitation occurs in a variety of forms; hail, rain, freezing rain, sleet or snow.
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(WW2010) - Introduces high, middle and low level clouds, vertically developed clouds, plus lifting mechanisms and processes responsible for producing clouds and precipitation. ... Some clouds are accompanied by precipitation; rain, snow, hail, sleet, even freezing rain. The purpose of this module is to introduce a number...
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Precipitation may refer to: • Precipitation (meteorology), rain, sleet, hail, snow and other forms of water falling from the sky • Precipitation (chemistry), the condensation of a solid from a soluti...
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In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors , which are atmospheric water phenomena) is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour that is depo...
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This kind of precipitation is called sleet. It bounces when it hits the ground. If snowflakes completely melt in the warmer air, but temperatures are below freezing near the ground, rain may freeze on contact with the ground or the streets.
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When clouds develop or precipitation occurs, something is making the air rise. When air rises it expands and gets colder and since colder air cannot hold as much moisture as warm air, the water condenses to form clouds and sometimes rain or ice or snow!
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These droplets are way too small to fall as precipitation, but they are large enough to form visible clouds. Water is continually evaporating and condensing in the sky. If you look closely at a cloud you can see some parts disappearing (evaporating) while other parts are growing (condensation).
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A summary of nearly 2000 precipitation stations located throughout southern Oregon, California, and Nevada displayed on a Google™ Maps Interface. Data are available for the past 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, and 24 hours as well as 6 and 24 hour data ending at synoptic times (00, 06, 12, and 18 UTC).
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