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The term for rain that freezes when it hits the earth's surface is freezing rain.
many people think it is freezing rain but really it is sleet! Sleet starts out frozen hits a pocket of warm air starts to melt then it hits a cold pocket of air before it hits the ground. it may repeat this pattern various times before hitting the ground.
It is called a solar eclipse when the Moon's shadow hits Earth, and a lunar eclipse when Earth's shadow hits the Moon.
Rain that evaporates before it hits the ground is called virga. It appears as streaks or wisps of precipitation in the sky but dissipates before reaching the surface due to evaporation.
Because the way the sun hits the water, the water acts as a prism and divides the light into the colors of the rainbow, ROY G BIV. Also in CHRISTIAN THEORY is that it's God's promise to not flood the WHOLE Earth again. and God has kept his promise!
The term for rain that freezes when it hits the earth's surface is freezing rain.
It freezes into a ball of ice before it hits the ground.
sleet
Meteors!
Sleet is the type of precipitation that falls as liquid but then freezes instantly upon impact with the ground. This occurs when rain from a warmer layer of air falls through a colder layer near the ground, causing it to freeze before reaching the surface.
In the story "To Build a Fire," when the man spits, his spit freezes mid-air before it hits the ground. This indicates just how dangerously cold the conditions are and foreshadows the severity of the situation he is in.
Yes it breaks it down in particles before it hits earth.
When the rain falls from the top of the cloud, since Cumulonimbus clouds are big the rain freezes up and turns into a ball of ice before it hits the ground.
It freezes
that's actually the equator
That is completely unpredictable at this time. Best can be said is probably not this week.
By definition, a meteor is in the earth's atmosphere. Before it hits the atmosphere it's called a meteoroid, and after it hits the ground it's called a meteorite.