Clouds need two essential ingredients to form, and both must be present simultaneously for the process to begin. There are two ingredients needed for clouds to form: water and nuclei. The first ...

Water moves between pools through evaporation into water vapor, transport through the atmosphere, condensation to form clouds, and returns to the surface as precipitation. At its core, the water cycle ...

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WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell explains how different types of winter precipitation form with the help of augmented reality. WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell explains how different types of winter ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- In central North Carolina, we experience four types of winter precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain. How do these forms of precipitation occur? All precipitation ...

Cold fronts in the winter can bring a variety of precipitation, anything from a cold rainfall all the way to snow! All precipitation starts the same, as ice crystals in the upper-levels of the ...