Forms of Precipitation

Question 1

What is Rain?

Answer 1

Rain is moisture from the atmosphere that condenses and falls visibly in separate drops.

-<32 or >32 in the cloud
->32 beneath the cloud and on the ground

Question 2

What is Freezing Rain?

Answer 2

Freezing rain falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze on contact with the ground.

->32 in the air beneath
-<32 on the ground

Question 3

What is Hail?

Answer 3

Hail is a type of perception that forms spherical or irregular pellets of ice larger than 5mm or 0.2 inches in diameter.

Ice pellets form from repetitive cycling in a cloud.

Question 4

What is Snow?

Answer 4

Snow is frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes.

<32 in cloud and on ground

Question 5

What is Sleet?

Answer 5

Sleet is a form of precipitation consisting of generally transparent frozen or partially frozen raindrops.

> 32 in cloud
<32 in air beneath the cloud