What is Precipitation?
Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
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The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
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A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
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