Types of Precipitation

Types of Precipitation

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This text is from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: National Weather Service.

Regardless of the climate, weather around the world falls into three basic categories: precipitation, obscurations, and 'other' phenomena. Precipitation is any form of water particle, whether liquid or solid, that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground. The different types of precipitation are:

Rain

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