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Where does precipitation occur?
clouds
Precipitation forms in the clouds when water vapor condenses into bigger and bigger droplets of water. When the drops are heavy enough, they fall to the Earth. If a cloud is colder, like it would be at higher altitudes, the water droplets may freeze to form ice.
What types of precipitation occur?
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.
Where does most precipitation occur?
Precipitation is most abundant where air rises, and least abundant where it sinks. It also tends to be greater near oceans and lakes, and in higher elevations.
What are two types of precipitation?
The most common types of precipitation are rain, hail, and snow. Rain is precipitation that falls to the surface of the Earth as water droplets.
What are the 5 types of precipitation?
There are five main types of precipitation: rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and snow. Other forms of precipitation may also include dew, frost, and drizzle.
What causes high precipitation?
When humid and warm air from both hemispheres, brought by trade wind patterns and subsequent air convection, meet up at the tropical convergence zone they cause a high amount of precipitation.
What are some examples of precipitation?
Rain is precipitation. noun. Precipitation is rain, sleet or snow, or bringing an action on suddenly. An example of precipitation is rain.
What are the different forms of precipitation?
The four common types of precipitation include rain, snow, hail and sleet. Precipitation occurs when water vapor forms in the atmosphere, condenses and falls to the ground.