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I'm not entirely sure I understand the question exactly, but if you mean what happens when precipitation falls into a warmer layer of air, the answer is pretty simple:

If it's frozen, and the warm air is deep enough, it melts.


Also, this warmer air may be a good bit drier than the nearly-saturated air whence the precipitation came. If it's dry enough and deep enough, and if the precipitation not particularly intense, it may evaporate before reaching the ground. However, this evaporation will bring down the temperature and increase the humidity of the warm/dry layer of air, so this process is self-limiting in most circumstances.

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