GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -This is because precipitation depends on the energy balance in the atmosphere and the availability of small particles that can form raindrops. For very heavy rainfall, which often causes all the water in the atmosphere to fall, the water vapor content determines precipitation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Precipitation forms in the clouds when water vapor condenses into bigger and bigger droplets of water. When the drops are heavy enough, they fall to the earth. If a cloud is colder, like it would be at higher altitudes, the water droplets may freeze to form ice.

Detailed explanation-3: -Precipitation occurs when water droplets or crystals condense out of air saturated with water vapor and fall from the sky to the ground. It may occur when evaporation causes the amount of water vapor in the air to increase or when air cools and its capacity to hold water decreases. Precipitation comes from clouds.

Detailed explanation-4: -To summarize, in warm clouds, cloud droplets grow to precipitation sized drops through the collision-coalescence process. The most important factor in raindrop production is the liquid water content of a cloud.