Look up graupel. Also called soft hail or small hail. We had it today in IL,so they were talking about t on the radio.
DroughtThe most common use of the term "drought" refers to meteorological drought, because that is the drought condition most familiar to the general public and the one most easily identified.
The official meteorological term is precipitation.According to the US Geological Survey, a sub-organization of the US Department of the Interior: "Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth. Most precipitation falls as rain."
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Chance of precipitation means changes of rain. Precipitation is basically rain. This term is often used in hydrology and in weather updates etc.
Meteorology is the study of weather and the atmosphere.The study of the atmosphere, processes that cause weather, and the life cycle of weather systems.
Stormwater is a meteorological term for the water created from precipitation, particularly rain. This term can also be used to refer to snow when it melts.
Precipitation in a meteorological term, describes "water" falling to the surface.Venus does not have water, so it doesn't have any precipitation.However, the "rain" on Venus is sulphuric acid but only in the upper atmosphere. Due to the immense heat, the "rain" evaporates about 25km from the surface.
An alternative word for the meteorological term, atmospheric, is sprays. An example of atmospherics is the spray of water droplets from a rushing waterfall.
The common term for all sorts of meteorological conditions is "weather".
DroughtThe most common use of the term "drought" refers to meteorological drought, because that is the drought condition most familiar to the general public and the one most easily identified.
Meteorological Spring isn't as easily defined as Astronomical Spring because it's based on changes in the weather pattern, not in the pattern of the sun. Yet there is still a date associated with it. March 1st has been designated as the first day of the Meteorological Spring by the World Meteorological Organization.
Precipitation
The official meteorological term is precipitation.According to the US Geological Survey, a sub-organization of the US Department of the Interior: "Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth. Most precipitation falls as rain."
Virga is rain that does not reach the earth. Droughts are extended periods with no precipitation.
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Precipitation is all forms of water that fall from the sky.