Precipitation types

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

• drizzle

• rain

• graupel

• sleet

very light rain

• drizzle

• graupel

• cloudburst

• slush

soft, white balls of ice

• sleet

• snow

• dew

• graupel

a solid form of precipitation composed of ice crystals in complex hexagonal form

• sleet

• snow

• hail

• megactyometeor

clear ice pellets precipitation, forms when rain falls through layer of freezing air

• drizzle

• snow

• sleet

• dew

raindrops that turn to ice after they hit the ground or other cold surfaces

• dew

• freezing rain

• drizzle

• slush

tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapor condenses.

• rain

• drizzle

• freezing drizzle

• dew

ground-level cloud composed of tiny ice crystals, only forms in very, very cold conditions

• ice crystals

• rain

• graupel

• sleet

a sudden and very heavy rainfall

• freezing drizle

• cloudburst

• slush

• megacryometeor

drizzle that falls in liquid form but freezes upon impact to form a coating of glaze

• freezing rain

• freezing drizzle

• graupel

• slush