and if a cloud extends high enough up in the sky it will be composed of ice crystals, even in the summertime," Herzog said. "As those flat ice crystals fall down toward the ground and reflect the ...

So, rain-producing ice crystals can form at warmer ... you collect more total water in the cloud before the droplets are large enough to fall and, as a result, you get heavier rainfall when ...

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With a third year of drought on the horizon, irrigators are looking at the possibility of cloud seeding to increase ...