During a severe thunderstorm with many clouds below freezing, the most likely form of precipitation is sleet or freezing rain. Sleet occurs when ice pellets form as raindrops freeze while falling through a sub-freezing layer of air. Freezing rain happens when raindrops freeze upon contact with cold surfaces, creating a layer of ice. Both forms can lead to hazardous conditions, such as icy roads and power outages.
Depending on many different conditions the temperature on the ground during a thunderstorm can be well below freezing (<32F) to over 100F. Inside the thunderhead clouds themselves the temperature at the bottom is above freezing but at the top the temperature is often well below freezing.
usually rain, but sleet, hail, or snow are also possible depending on the temperature profile in the clouds and strength of updrafts.
During precipitation, a water particle is released from the clouds. This particle can be in the form of a water droplet of rain, sleet, snow, freezing rain or even hail.
Cumulonimbus clouds are present during a thunderstorm. These are large, towering clouds that are associated with heavy rain, thunder, lightning, hail, and sometimes tornadoes. They typically have a dark base and can reach great heights in the atmosphere.
Precipitation falls during the mature stage of a thunderstorm when the updraft and downdraft coexist, allowing rain, hail, or other forms of precipitation to reach the ground.
Depending on many different conditions the temperature on the ground during a thunderstorm can be well below freezing (<32F) to over 100F. Inside the thunderhead clouds themselves the temperature at the bottom is above freezing but at the top the temperature is often well below freezing.
The stage of a thunderstorm that rain begins to fall is when the clouds begin to turn black and during and after the lightning strikes.
usually rain, but sleet, hail, or snow are also possible depending on the temperature profile in the clouds and strength of updrafts.
During precipitation, a water particle is released from the clouds. This particle can be in the form of a water droplet of rain, sleet, snow, freezing rain or even hail.
Lightning travels in a downward direction from the clouds to the ground during a thunderstorm.
Lightning travels in a downward direction from the clouds to the ground during a thunderstorm.
Lightning typically travels downward from the clouds to the ground during a thunderstorm.
Cumulonimbus clouds are present during a thunderstorm. These are large, towering clouds that are associated with heavy rain, thunder, lightning, hail, and sometimes tornadoes. They typically have a dark base and can reach great heights in the atmosphere.
Precipitation falls during the mature stage of a thunderstorm when the updraft and downdraft coexist, allowing rain, hail, or other forms of precipitation to reach the ground.
Clouds
Water evaporates from the surface of the earth. It then condenses into clouds. When the water particles get too big to be held in the clouds, they fall to earth in rain. If its cold enough, they form ice crystals and it turns into snow. If they get held aloft in high winds during a thunderstorm, they might freeze into larger ice chunks called hail. Precipitation is water falling from a cloud to the earth.
This step comes after condensation (after the formation of clouds. During this step, clouds release water through precipitation. Examples are rain and snow. Basically, precipitation is water falling from the clouds to the earth.