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sleet
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extremly cold temperatures near the ground somtimes produce clear ice pellents
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glaze ice
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when rain does not freeze until it strikes a surface near the ground
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hail
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is a solid precipitation in the form of lumps of ice
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supercooling
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process in which water droplets are induced to remain liquid at temperatures below 0 degrees C
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freezing nuclei
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condensation nuclei with a crystalline structure like that of ice
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cloud seeding
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addition of freezing nuclei to supercooled clouds in an attempt to induce or increase precipitation
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rain gauge
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instrument used to measure the amount of rainfall
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