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Is the snow cloud the same as a regular cloud?

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Not my expertise, but YES. As warm moisture cools, it condenses and gathers around any convenient dust particle, grows into a raindrop, gets heavy, and falls. On the way down it may freeze and thaw several times as it descends through different air temperature layers. read more

Yes, clouds that produce snow are similar to clouds that produce rain, but there are many types of ice-crystal-only clouds that can produce snow (which may become rain on the way to the ground) and several non-ice cloud types that can produce only rain. However, snow itself doesn’t start as rain and become snow. read more

A large number of cumulus clouds often presage rain. In the evening, when the air cools, cumulus clouds tend to give way to stratus clouds. Nimbus clouds are dark, shapeless rain clouds. Clouds can also combine to create altocumulus clouds, which are small, white or grayish clouds found high in the sky and packed closely together. read more

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