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What makes rain turn to snow?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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13y ago

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When there is a strong updraft in the lower portions of the storm cell, the rain can be lifted back up into the upper atmosphere where it freezes. When it becomes too heavy to lift, the ice chip falls back down, where it is glazed in more water and then lifted again by the updraft. This cycle repeats until the hail is too big for the updraft to lift again.

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debbiehughes1

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2y ago

Frozen rain (sleet) and hail are basically the same thing.

they are big and heavy. Snow is made up of tiny ice

crystals and are light.

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14y ago

It's the rain freezing and the clouds dropping the now new hail on us :-C

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When the temperature dips below 32 degrees(Fahrenheit),or 0 degrees Celsius, The water droplets in the clouds freeze, those droplets turn into snow.

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Snow does not turn into hail

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gets caught in an updraft and freezes

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The temperature in the air.

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