Precipitation Exercises Fill in the blanks below with the type of precipitation that would be expected from the conditions described in the questions. If no precipitation is expected write "no precipitation expected" in the blank.

You are on an island in the Caribbean. Precipitation, in liquid form, falls from a shower resulting from a cumulus congestus cloud. This precipitation type is

Small droplets of supercooled liquid precipitation(diameter less than .02 inch) are floating to the ground, from a stratus cloud layer, with temperature at the surface at 31 degrees F. This precipitation type is

Cumulus congestus clouds over the desert southwestern United States are producing light precipitation droplets from the cloud bases which are about 9,500 feet above the ground level. The air below the storms is very dry with air temperature/dew point temperature spread about 30 to 35 degrees F. The type of precipitation likely to be observed at the surface is

Liquid precipitation form in warmer air aloft (stratiform clouds) but then falls through a thick layer of colder subfreezing air near the surface. This solid precipitation type is

Strong updrafts/downdrafts in a convective cloud structure cause liquid precipitation droplets to repeatedly ascent and decent through the atmosphere's freezing level. This precipitation type is

Solid precipitation which forms through the Bergeron Process (deposition) in subfreezing air and descends to the ground in solid form is referred to as

Supercooled liquid precipitation droplets (diameter greater than .02 inch) falling through a layer of subfreezing air near the surface is referred to as

Very small precipitation droplets (diameter less than .02 inch) floating from a stratus cloud during the early morning hours during the late spring and early summer months here in south central Texas is referred to as