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Types of Precipitation - Coggle Diagram
Types of Precipitation
Rain
Rainfall varies in terms of total amount, seasonality and duration.
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Hail
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The hailstones may collide with droplets of supercooled water, which freeze on impact.
Freezing and partial melting may occur several times before the pellet is large enough to escape form the clouds.
As the hailstones falls, the outer layer may be melted but may freeze again.
Formed by raindrops being carried up and down in vertical air currents in large cumulonimbus clouds.
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Snow
Snow crystals form when the temperatures is below freezing and water vapor is converted into a solid
Very cold air contains a limited amount of moisture , so the heaviest snowfalls occur when warm moist air is forced over very high mountains
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Dew
The temperature reaches dew point, further cooling causes condensation onto the ground.
It occurs in clear, calm anticyclonic conditions where there is rapid radiation cooling by night.
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