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Precipitation falling from a cloud, usually in wisps or streaks, but evaporating before it reaches the ground.
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Visible wisps or strands of precipitation falling from clouds that evaporate before reaching the surface.
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It is a patch of precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground. It appears as wisps or streaks of rain or snow falling out of a cloud. As the precipitation evaporates, it cools the air and starts a down draft. In certain cases, shafts of virga may precede a microburst; see dry microburst.
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Wisps or streaks of water or ice particles falling out of a cloud but evaporating before reaching Earth's surface. See also Fall Streaks; Streaks of rain or ice crystals that fall from a cloud but evaporate before reaching the ground. Applies to altocumulus, altostratus, and high-level cumuliform.
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Water of ice particles falling from clouds but evaporating or sublimating before hitting the ground.
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Rain that turns back into water vapor before reaching the ground.
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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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Rain which fall in the sky but evaporates before it reaches the ground
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Technically, a form of precipitation. Water that falls from a cloud, but evaporates before it hits the ground.
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rain falling from a cloud that evaporates before reaching the ground.
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Precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates before reaching the ground. A common occurrence in Colorado
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Precipitation that falls from clouds but evaporates in dry air beneath the cloud before reaching the ground. Virga resembles streaks of water extending from the cloud.
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Streaks or wisps of precipitation falling from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground.
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A weather term describing moisture falling from clouds but not reaching the earth's surface.
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Wisps or streaks of rain or snow falling out of a cloud, but evaporating before reaching the ground.
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Wisps or streaks of rain falling out of a cloud but not reaching the earth's surface. When seen from a distance, these streaks can be mistaken for funnels or tornadoes.
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water or ice particles falling from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the earth's surface
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Water droplets or ice crystals that fall from high clouds but that evaporate before hitting the ground.
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Precipitation falling from the base of a cloud and evaporating before it reaches the ground.
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Whisps or streaks of precipitation falling out of a cloud which evaporates before reaching the ground.
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Wisps or streaks of precipitation falling out of a cloud which evaporate before reaching the ground.
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Water or ice particles falling from a cloud, usually in wisps or streaks, and evaporating completely before reaching the ground.
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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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