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light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)
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(Also called Fallstreifen, fallstreaks, precipitation trails.) Wisps or streaks of water or ice particles falling out of a cloud but evaporating before reaching the earth's surface as precipitation. Virga is frequently seen trailing from altocumulus and altostratus clouds, but also is discernible below the bases of high-level cumuliform clouds from which precipitation is falling into a dry subcloud layer. ...
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| virga |
Rain or snow that is dissipated in falling and does not reach the ground, commonly appearing in trails descending from a cloud layer.
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| virga |
streaks of water droplets or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground.
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| virga |
Streaks or wisps of precipitation, such as water or ice particles, that fall from clouds but evaporate before reaching the ground. From a distance, the event sometimes may be mistaken for a funnel cloud or tornado. Typically, it may fall from altocumulus, altostratus, or high based cumuonimbus.
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