WATER DROPS OR ICE

CRYSTALS
ADIABATIC COOLING
 .THE AIR MUST BE SATURATED

THERE MUST BE A SURFACE ON WHICH THE WATER VAPOR CAN CONDENSE.

CONDENSATION
NUCLEI

CONDENSATION NUCLEI
CAN BE MICROSCOPIC
DUST, SMOKE, AND SALT
PARTICLES.
 MOISTURE
CONTENT IN AIR.

UNSTABLE
CONDITION OF AIR

CONDENSATION NUCLEI
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CONDENSATION NUCLEI.

DUST, SALT, OR SMOKE

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 CIRROCUMULUS, CIRRUS, AND
CIRROSTRATUS.

ALTOCUMULUS, ALTOSTRATUS, AND

NIMBOSTRATUS.

STRATUS, CUMULUS, CUMULONIMBUS,

AND STRATOCUMULUS.
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FAIR, BUT
COLD, WEATHER
"MARE'S TAILS" TAIL OF A HORSE.

FAIR WEATHER
 USUALLY COVER THE
ENTIRE SKY
APPEAR TO HAVE A HALO

USUALLY COME 12 TO 24 HOURS BEFORE A RAIN

OR SNOWSTORM.
THUNDERSTORM BY LATE AFTERNOON.
 STORM WITH CONTINUOUS RAIN OR
SNOW MIGHT BE ON ITS WAY
 CONTINUOUS RAIN OR
SNOW.
LIGHT MIST OR DRIZZLE
 ONLY LIGHT RAIN (USUALLY DRIZZLE)
FALLS
 FLOATING COTTON BALLS

FAIR OR STORMY
WEATHER.
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ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY RAIN, SNOW, HAIL, LIGHTNING, AND
SOMETIMES TORNADOES.
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 PRECIPITATION MAY OCCUR AT TEMPERATURES
ABOVE OR BELOW FREEZING
WARM
PRECIPITATION COLD PRECIPITATION
 MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW

FORMS WHEN A THIN LAYER OF

WARMER AIR COMES BETWEEN LAYERS OF COLD AIR
 FREEZING RAIN
SLEET (ICE PELLETS)

GRAUPEL (SNOW PELLETS)

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