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By: Travis O’Hara, Caleb Lowe, Ruslan Muradov & Mariah Bolla About Precipitation • In warm areas, the precipitation is mostly rain. • In colder areas, the precipitation is snow or ice rain. • The five most common type of Precipitation is rain, snow, hail, freezing rain, and sleet. Rain • Rain is the most common type of precipitation. • The size of a rain drop is about 0.5mm in diameter. • Rain could be smaller drops called mist and drizzle. Sleet • Sleet is precipitation that falls through a layer of 32°F or 0°C, the freezing point of water. • As the water falls it turns in to ice. • The ice is 5mm or less in diameter. Freezing rain • Freezing rain is when precipitation falls though a layer of cold air near the ground and it does not freeze. • The rain freezes when it hits a something cold. • It may break tree branches and/or even take down a power line. Hail • Hail is round pellets of ice larger then 5mm in diameter. • Hail is formed in cumulonimbus clouds during t thunderstorm. • starts as sleet it turn in to a hailstone every layer of 32°F or 0°C air it goes through. • Soon it will fall to the ground. • It can damage crops, buildings, and vehicles. Snow • Snow is water vapor that turns in to crystals called snow. • Snowflakes are all different shapes, sizes, and the all have six sides or six branches • Snow flakes clump together and to have six sides. The way to measure rainfall • The way to measure rainfall is a rain gauge. • A rain gauge is an open ended can or tube that collects rainfall. • The rain is measured by putting a rule n to the water. Cloud seeding • Cloud seeding is tiny ice crystals of dry ice and iodide. • It’s spread by an airplane or a jet. • Water vapor condenses on to the silver iodide. • The dry ice freezes the water faster so it will fall to the ground faster. Key term #1 • Precipitation: Falling products of condensation in the atmosphere; rain, snow, hail, and etc. Key term #2 • Rain gauge: an opened ended can or a tube that collects rainfall. Key term #3 • Drought: Long dry periods with little or no rain.