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What causes snowfall and sleet and hail?

Precipitation, like rain, when the temperature in the clouds is below freezing. Sleet and hail also require strong updrafts in the clouds that can lift the snow back up into the cloud repeatedly for additional coatings of ice, until it becomes too heavy for the updrafts to lift again.


What matter is being recycled water cycle?

Water is the matter in the water cycle. Ocean and lake water evaporates and goes up into the air. Under certain conditions, this water vapor condenses into tiny water droplets. When the droplets touch each other and join, they become heavy enough to fall as rain, snow, sleet, hail, and so forth. The rain, snow, sleet, hail, and so forth, run off of the land in large percentages and flow by rivers back to the ocean or lakes. This all completes a cycle, but in real life, the water cycle is continually taking place around the world.


Is it true or false that all precipitation is made of fresh water not salt water?

True, precipitation, such as rain, snow, sleet, and hail, is formed from condensed water vapor in the atmosphere. This condensed water vapor is fresh water, as it does not contain salt or other contaminants unless picked up from the ground as it falls.


What 3 processes make up the water cycle?

The three main processes of the water cycle are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Evaporation is when water changes from liquid to vapor and rises into the atmosphere. Condensation occurs when water vapor cools and forms clouds, which then lead to precipitation in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.


What causes rain to become sleet?

Ice pellets (sleet) frequently occurs mixed in with freezing rain, and is made of frozen raindrops. Sleet forms in advance of a warm front in the wintertime in a narrow band, usually sandwiched between an area of snow and an area of rain or freezing rain associated with an extratropical cyclone. Rain being produced in a warm layer aloft falls into a cold air layer below. If the cold layer is deep enough, then the raindrops freeze. If the cold layer is very dry, sleet will more readily form due to evaporative cooling.

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What was the mail chant after filling up the mailbox on Animal Crossing GC?

Wind, Sleet, Snow or Hail. We will deliver your mail!


What is the most the common FORM of PRECIPITATION?

RainOther common forms of precipitation are snow, sleet, and fog. Oh, and hail. And yes, rain is the MOST common, but snow is very close up there.


What the types of precipitation?

Rain, sleet, snow, hail...Freezing rain occurs when the temps at the ground level are colder than the layers higher up.


What word is given to ice cryatals that move up and down in a thunderstorm and get larger and larger before they fall to earth?

dew hail sleet or snow


What causes snowfall and sleet and hail?

Precipitation, like rain, when the temperature in the clouds is below freezing. Sleet and hail also require strong updrafts in the clouds that can lift the snow back up into the cloud repeatedly for additional coatings of ice, until it becomes too heavy for the updrafts to lift again.


Frozen rain is called?

Hail as in hail stones. Water condenses out of the air as water. It is then subject to cooling, and becomes a piece of ice ( hail). Snow is different in so far, when water condenses out from the air, it condenses directly to ice crystals. These crystals build up to be come snowflakes.


What is partially frozen snow called?

Partially frozen rain is called Snow. This is because when you usually see the first snow fall, it doesn't pile up on the ground right away. It takes time until there are many snow flakes. But what does happen is that it will melt right away. So it's not rain, all water, its not hail, totally frozen ice, but it's Snow. Frozen, but not to a great extent.


Which form of precipitation undergo change after they leave a cloud?

Rain and snow are forms of precipitation that can undergo changes after leaving a cloud. Rain can freeze into sleet or hail if temperatures are cold enough, while snow can melt into rain if temperatures warm up.


How do hail storms get categorized?

its dried up snow..


What are the essential steps of the water cycle?

evaporation: when the water turns into gas and goes up to the clouds condensation: the water in the clouds turn into liquid precipitation: the water comes down as rain, snow, hail, sleet etc.


What are the three types of precipitation and how does each one occur?

The three types of precipitation are rain, snow, and hail. Rain forms when water droplets in clouds combine and fall to the ground. Snow forms when water vapor in clouds freezes into ice crystals. Hail forms when water droplets are carried up and down in a storm cloud, accumulating layers of ice until they become heavy enough to fall to the ground.


How are sleet and hailstones formed different?

Sleet is completely frozen rain drops and hail is formed from graupel falling in a storm cloud, collecting water and then being pushed back up by the updraft and the water it just collected freezing to form another layer of ice. The key difference is that hail is formed from thunderstorm updrafts and sleet is not.