Precipitation

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What is precipitation?

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Precipitation is any form of water, liquid or solid, that falls from the sky, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

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What is hail?

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Hail is ice chunks that fall from the sky.

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What can hail damage?

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Hail can damage crops, homes, and cars.

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What is the most common type of precipitation?

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The most common type of precipitation is rain.

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What is rain?

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Rain is liquid water that falls from the clouds to the ground.

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What is snow?

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Snow is frozen water that falls from the sky in the form of ice crystals.

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In which season is snow most common?

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Snow is most common in winter.

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What is sleet?

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Sleet is a type of precipitation that consists of small ice pellets.

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What is freezing rain?

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Freezing rain is rain that falls and freezes on contact with cold surfaces.

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How does hail form?

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Hail forms in strong thunderstorms when updrafts carry water droplets high into the atmosphere where they freeze.