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Graupel (/ ˈɡraʊpəl /; German: [ˈɡʁaʊpl̩] ⓘ), also called soft hail or snow pellets, [ 1 ] is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2–5 mm (0.08–0.20 in) balls of crisp, opaque rime. [ 2 ]
Freezing rain advisory (WSW; alt.: freezing drizzle advisory) – Freezing rain or freezing drizzle producing ice accretion of up to 1⁄4 inch (6.4 mm) that may cause significant travel impairments is expected or occurring. Discontinued on October 2, 2017; a winter weather advisory for freezing rain is now issued instead.
Liquid forms of precipitation include rain and drizzle and dew. Rain or drizzle which freezes on contact with a surface within a subfreezing air mass gains the preceding adjective "freezing", becoming the known freezing rain or freezing drizzle. Slush is a mixture of both liquid and solid precipitation. Frozen forms of precipitation include ...
Soil and water being splashed by a raindrop. Petrichor (/ ˈ p ɛ t r ɪ k ɔːr / PET-rik-or) [1] is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.The word was coined by Richard Grenfell Thomas from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock' or πέτρος (pétros) 'stone' and ἰχώρ (ikhṓr), the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology.
In the near future, an unknown agent causes the Moon to shatter. As the pieces begin to collide with one another, astronomer and science popularizer "Doc" Dubois Harris calculates that Moon fragments will begin entering Earth's atmosphere, forming a white sky and blanketing the Earth within two years with what he calls a "Hard Rain" of bolides, causing the atmosphere to heat to incandescence ...
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall. " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall " is a song written by American musician and Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan in the summer of 1962 and recorded later that year for his second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963). Its lyrical structure is based on the question-and-answer refrain pattern of the traditional British ...
Unknown. " Lord Randall ", or " Lord Randal ", (Roud 10, Child 12) is an Anglo - Scottish border ballad [1] consisting of dialogue between a young Lord and his mother. [2] Similar ballads can be found across Europe in many languages, including Danish, German, Magyar, Irish, Swedish, and Wendish. [3] [4] Italian variants are usually titled " L ...
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall: Dylan: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: 1963: 1961: Hard Times in New York Town: Dylan: The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991: 1991: Minnesota Hotel Tape, a home recording by Tony Glover: 1964 Harmonica Duet Dylan The 50th Anniversary Collection 2014 1973: Hazel: Dylan: Planet Waves: 1974: 1988 ...