A shower is a mode of precipitation characterized by an abrupt start and end and by rapid variations in intensity. Often strong and short-lived, it comes...

meteorology topics Basic precipitation Bioprecipitation, the concept of rain-making bacteria. Mango showers, pre-monsoon showers in the Indian states of...

under a spray of typically warm or hot water. Shower or showers may also refer to: Shower (precipitation), an abrupt and rapid fall of rain or snow In...

and snow mixed (American English) or sleet (Commonwealth English) is precipitation composed of a mixture of rain and partially melted snow. Unlike ice...

Probability of precipitation (PoP) is a commonly used term referring to the likelihood of precipitation falling in a particular area over a defined period...

stages of this precipitation, it generally falls as showers with a smaller area and a rapidly changing intensity. Convective precipitation falls over a...

A precipitation shaft is a weather phenomenon, visible from the ground at large distances from the storm system, as a dark vertical shaft of heavy rain...

In parts of the Northern Hemisphere, an April shower is rain during the month of April. One of the major causes of the often heavy downpours is the position...

measurable precipitation (trace amounts). In contrast, bursts of snowfall that do result in measurable snow accumulation are called snow showers. Environment...

code for rain is RA, while the coding for rain showers is SHRA. In certain conditions, precipitation may fall from a cloud but then evaporate or sublime...

artificial precipitation, artificial rainfall and pluviculture, is the act of attempting to artificially induce or increase precipitation, usually to...

three classification types: classic (normal precipitation level), low-precipitation (LP), and high-precipitation (HP). LP supercells are usually found in...

commonly brings a narrow band of precipitation that follows along the leading edge of the cold front. These bands of precipitation are often very strong, and...

mediocris and cumulonimbus, sometimes producing showers of snow, rain, or ice pellets. Precipitation that evaporates before reaching the surface is virga...

it. 26a 26a "Skits Under the Weather" storm, thunder, lightning, shower, precipitation, hail, wet, downpour, rainfall, drizzle March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16)...

Snow grains are a form of precipitation. Snow grains are characterized as very small (<1 mm), white, opaque grains of ice that are fairly flat or elongated...

of precipitation, mitigate hail or disperse fog. The usual objective is to increase rain or snow, either for its own sake or to prevent precipitation from...

shores. This uplifting can produce narrow but very intense bands of precipitation, which deposit at a rate of many inches of snow each hour, often resulting...

punctuated by abrupt, heavy showers and thunderstorms, sometimes severe. As Istanbul receives some amount of precipitation from both Atlantic and Mediterranean...

A rainband is a cloud and precipitation structure associated with an area of rainfall which is significantly elongated. Rainbands can be stratiform or...

A sunshower, or sun shower, is a meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the sun is shining. A sunshower is usually a result of winds associated...

climates, where such variations are often small and usually only have precipitation differences. In temperate climates, not only do latitudinal positions...

Fronts are the principal cause of significant weather. Convective precipitation (showers, thundershowers, heavy rain and related unstable weather) is caused...

(V-20) Cirrocumulus floccus lacunosus (V-21) Precipitation-based supplementary feature Virga Light precipitation that evaporates well above ground level;...

hot temperatures, high humidity and frequent intense (but usually brief) showers and/or thunderstorms as the heat builds in the afternoon. In the Northern...

thunderstorms with lightning and heavy showers. By contrast, very thin clouds (such as cirrus clouds) do not generate any precipitation at the surface of the Earth...

precipitation may begin within less than six hours. Once the clouds have thickened to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) from the earth’s surface, precipitation...

produces only isolated light showers, while downward growing nimbostratus is capable of heavier, more extensive precipitation. Towering vertical clouds have...

The quantitative precipitation forecast (abbreviated QPF) is the expected amount of melted precipitation accumulated over a specified time period over...

In March or April 1490 AD a presumed meteor shower occurred in the Qingyang district. If a meteor shower did occur, it may have been the result of the...