Precipitation specific amount, basis. Radar imagery forecasting techniques show higher skill than model forecasts within six to seven hours of the time of the radar image. The forecasts can be verified through use of rain gauge measurements, weather radar estimates, or a combination of both. Various skill scores can be determined to measure the value of the rainfall forecast. Precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, graupel and hail. Precipitation occurs when a portion of the atmosphere becomes saturated with
Rain and Snow and was recorded by Bill Monroe and also by the Del McCoury Band. Other performers who have recorded the song include Peter Rowan with Tony Rice (on the "Quartet" album), Sam Amidon, Pentangle, Rose Laughlin, Betsy Rutherford and the Be Good Tanyas. Rain and Snow Rain and Snow, also known as Cold Rain and Snow (Roud 3634), is an American folksong and in some variants a murder ballad. The song first appeared in print in Olive Dame Campbell and Cecil Sharp's 1917 compilation "English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians", which relates that it was collected from Mrs. Tom Rice