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State the three types of rainfall/precipitation experienced in Kenya.

State the three types of rainfall/precipitation experienced in Kenya.

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Francis
Precipitation

-The forms in which the earth’s surface receives moisture.

1. Snow
Solid precipitation formed when tiny water droplets freeze and form ice crystals.
The crystals may fuse to form flakes.

2. Sleet
-Precipitation which is a mixture of rain and snow.

3. Hail
Roughly spherical lumps of ice formed when super cooled cloud droplets mould themselves around ice crystals before cooling. It destroys crops life and house roofs.

4. Dew
-Precipitation consisting of water droplets formed on cold surfaces at night e.g. iron roofs and glass blades.
franco crick answered the question on January 23, 2018 at 08:45

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