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Originally Posted by GeoffC
is observed precipitation at the base of the cloud, but it evaporates before reaching the ground ....
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Originally Posted by kennyc
Rain that doesn't reach the ground Flo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virga
It's just nasty here, coating of ice on most everything, snow is falling now, streets are slick - black ice -- and getting colder by the minute. Has dropped to 9F... |
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Originally Posted by pholy
D**n I hate having to look up words; the meanings should be intuitively obvious, like Mac icons 
In meteorology, virga is an observable streak or shaft of precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates before reaching the ground.[1]
[1]^ Glossary of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society. 2000. ISBN 1878220349. http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/gl...arch?id=virga1.
So there, now we know.
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Thank you dear sirs (all three of you), for these helpful answers
