What is precipitation? What types of precipitation do you know.

Precipitation is the fallout of solid (snow, hail) or liquid (dew, rain) water onto the earth’s surface. Precipitation is formed from clouds and from the air (frost, fog, dew). Types of precipitation: torrential, starts suddenly lasting both a short period of time and a long one (for example, tropical showers); drizzling in the form of very small droplets from the air or clouds, have a different duration (drizzling rain) and overlying which begin gradually and then intensify, it can last for several days (prolonged rains).