Sleet
snow
rain or snow
Two types of precipitation are rain and snow. Rain occurs when water droplets in clouds become heavy enough to fall to the ground, while snow occurs when water vapor in clouds freezes into ice crystals before falling.
At 0 degrees Celsius, precipitation can come in the form of snow, rain, or a mix of both called sleet. The type of precipitation depends on the temperature profile of the atmosphere through which the precipitation is falling.
Snow
Precipitation is rain.
Precipitation occurs when water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere become too heavy to remain suspended and fall to the ground. The type of precipitation that falls (rain, snow, sleet, or hail) is determined by the temperature conditions in the lower atmosphere - with colder temperatures resulting in frozen precipitation (snow, sleet, or hail) and warmer temperatures resulting in liquid precipitation (rain).
Cyclonic (frontal) precipitation
No. Tornadoes are a type of violent, rotating wind storm that forms during a thunderstorm. Precipitation occurs when moisture either in solid or liquid form falls from the sky.
Approximately 71 of the Earth's precipitation occurs over oceans.
Rain is the type of precipitation that falls from clouds in a liquid state. It occurs when water droplets in the clouds grow too heavy to remain suspended in the air and fall to the ground.