Is it raining when it snows?

Snow, snow is a natural phenomenon, and the water vapor in the air condenses and then falls to the ground. Water is the foundation of all kinds of life on the earth, and its changes and movements have created our world today. On the earth, water is constantly circulating. The water in the ocean and on the ground is heated and evaporated into the sky. The water vapor moves to other places with the wind. When they encounter cold air, they form precipitation and return to the earth's surface. There are two kinds of precipitation: one is liquid precipitation, which is rain; The other is solid precipitation, which is snow or hail.

Snow is a natural phenomenon. Due to the difference of meteorological conditions and growth environment in the sky, all kinds of atmospheric solid precipitation are caused. The names of these atmospheric solid precipitation vary from place to place, from person to person, varied and extremely inconsistent. For convenience, the International Ice and Snow Committee under the International Hydrological Association held a special international conference in 1949 on the basis of consulting experts from various countries, at which the proposal of "Concise Classification of Atmospheric Solid Precipitation" was adopted. This concise classification divides atmospheric solid precipitation into ten types: snowflake, star snowflake, columnar snowflake, needle snowflake, multi-branch snowflake, axial snowflake, irregular snowflake, graupel, ice particle and hail. The first seven kinds are collectively called snow. Why can't the last three be called snow? It turns out that there are two processes for gaseous water vapor to become solid water. One is that water vapor first becomes water, and then water condenses into ice crystals. Another is that water vapor directly becomes ice crystals without water. This process is called condensation of water. Therefore, snow is solid precipitation formed by condensation of water vapor in the sky. (The diagram on the right shows ten kinds of atmospheric solid precipitation, from top to bottom: snow flakes, star-shaped snow flakes, columnar snow crystals, needle-shaped snow crystals, multi-branched snow crystals, axial snow crystals, irregular snow crystals, graupel, ice particles and hail).

Snow is another form of rain. It is solid.