Difference between revisions of "Warm rain"
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| − | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Rain formed from a [[cloud]] | + | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">[[Rain]] formed from a [[cloud]] composed of only liquid [[hydrometeor|hydrometeors]] (cloud [[droplet|droplets]], [[drizzle]], and [[raindrop|raindrops]]). Warm rain can form in subfreezing [[temperature|temperatures]] (i.e., <0°C). It is distinct from cold rain that forms when [[frozen precipitation]] [[particle|particles]] melt completely before reaching the Earth’s surface.<br/>''See'' [[warm rain process]].</div><br/> </div> |
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Latest revision as of 08:01, 3 December 2021
warm rain
Rain formed from a cloud composed of only liquid hydrometeors (cloud droplets, drizzle, and raindrops). Warm rain can form in subfreezing temperatures (i.e., <0°C). It is distinct from cold rain that forms when frozen precipitation particles melt completely before reaching the Earth’s surface.
See warm rain process.
See warm rain process.
Term edited 3 December 2021.
