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Precipitation Type
Use this applet to explore how the temperature and
moisture (represented by the wet-bulb temperature) below the cloud base
determine the type of precipitation that reaches the ground. You
might want to review concepts of wet bulb temperature before exploring this
applet.
Some questions to consider:
Set the temperatures and wet bulb temperatures by dragging the points and learn what type of precipitation will fall to the ground. Each time you release the mouse button, the simulation starts. (And try to see what influence an updraft in the cloud has on precipitation.)
Legend of symbols:
This applet created and copyrighted by Tom Whittaker, University of Wisconsin-Madison, using the algorithms put forth by Dan Baumgart, NWS, in his Precipitation Type Forecasting teletraining session.
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