Precipitation - Wikipedia In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull [1] The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, rain and snow mixed ("sleet" in Commonwealth usage), snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail
Precipitation | Rain, Snow, Sleet Hail | Britannica Precipitation, all liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the ground These particles include drizzle, rain, snow, snow pellets, ice crystals, and hail (This article contains a brief treatment of precipitation
Precipitation and the Water Cycle | U. S. Geological Survey - USGS. gov Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail Precipitation is the main way atmospheric water returns to the surface of the Earth Most precipitation falls as rain
What Is Precipitation? | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather Precipitation: Water falls in a liquid or solid state Rain and snow are probably the most well known types of precipitation, but there are others The temperature of the cloud and the air between the cloud and the ground create different kinds of precipitation
Precipitation - Education | National Geographic Society Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth It comes in many forms, like rain, sleet, and snow Along with evaporation and condensation, precipitation is one of the three major parts of the global water cycle