Snow and rain in the American West is concentrating at one of the highest rates in the world, researchers found, with ...

Precipitation comes in all forms: rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow. Some even count virga, which becomes a gas and evaporates before it reaches us as raindrops. Hail also exists but forms ...

Forecasting wintry precipitation is a challenge. Knowing how we get rain, ice or snow takes an understanding of the vertical profile of the atmosphere. You not only need to know the temperature at the ...

All right. So let me flip over here to our presentations so that you can see. So today we're going to talk about precipitation types and how we forecast no. All right, so, um, what is precipitation? I ...

Despite April precipitation that helped boost snowpack in northwest Montana’s high elevations, hydrologists forecast below ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — As most Michiganders know, there are several different types of winter precipitation. Seeing multiple types of precipitation only hours apart also is common. For those wondering how ...

Climate change is altering patterns of precipitation in the Mid-Atlantic region, resulting in more intense flooding and droughts. The region is projected to have an increase in the amount of annual ...

In research that could improve weather forecasting and winter driving safety, a University of Michigan-led study distinguished nine distinct precipitation types—varieties of rain, snow and mixed-phase ...

DENVER (KDVR) — You have likely watched the news and seen the meteorologist show a percent chance of precipitation on the seven-day forecast. But what does that actually mean? Most people assume that ...