Virga (aka fallstreak, fall-stripe) are generally streaks of rain or snow appearing to hang under a cloud or tapering down from the cloud base, descending and evaporating before reaching the ground.
Scud Clouds and Virga minimal precipitation at the surface
Scud clouds are low, detached clouds caught in the outflow beneath the thunderstorm.
virga"(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 - 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.
Virga
Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground.
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Virga
Streaks or wisps of precipitation falling from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground. In certain cases, shafts of virga may precede a microburst; see dry microburst.
Virga from altocumulus.
Virga - water or ice particles falling from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the earth's surface
Visibility - the greatest distance toward the horizon that prominent objects can be identified visually with the naked eye ...
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.
Virga: Virga is falling precipitation (rain, snow or ice crystals) that evaporates before reaching the ground, appearing as streaks or wisps of precipitation terminating in mid-air.
Virga: 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.
VIRGA: Precipitation falling from the base of a cloud and evaporating before it reaches the ground.
VISIBILITY: The horizontal distance an observer can see and identify a prominent object.
Virga- rain falling from a cloud that evaporates before reaching the ground.
Vorticity- the tendency of a moving gas or liquid to rotate around an axis, forming a vortex.
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Virga Precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates before reaching the ground. (See Fall streaks.) ...
virga—Water or ice particles falling from a cloud, usually in wisps or streaks, and evaporating before reaching the ground.
visibility—The greatest distance one can see and identify prominent objects.
Virga- Water droplets or ice crystals that fall from high clouds but that evaporate before hitting the ground.
Warm Front- The leading edge of a mass of warmer air that displaces a mass of colder air.
Virga
Precipitation falling from a cloud in streaks but evaporating before reaching the ground
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Virga - Rain or snow that falls from a cloud but evaporates before it reaches the ground.
Visibility - The greatest distance that is possible for a person to see with their eyes. When fog occurs, a persons visibility is lowered.
VIRGA - Precipitation falling from a cloud base that does not reach or evaporates before reaching the ground. May also be called PRECIPITATION ALOFT or abbreviated as PAFT.
It may form several sub-types, such as altocumulus castellanus or altocumulus lenticularis Virga may also fall from these clouds. ALTOCUMULUS CASTELLANUS A middle cloud with vertical development that forms from altocumulus clouds.
Dry microbursts may develop in an otherwise fair-weather pattern; visible signs may include a cumulus cloud or small Cb with a high base and high-level virga, or perhaps only an orphan anvil from a dying rain shower.
stratocumulus - (Abbreviated Sc.) A principal cloud type (cloud genus), predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous (except for virga).
FallstreakSame as Virga; streaks or wisps of precipitation falling from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground. In certain cases, shafts of virga may precede a microburst.
Downbursts in air that is precipitation free or contains virga are known as dry downbursts; those accompanied with precipitation are known as wet downbursts. Most downbursts are less than 2.5 miles (4 km) in extent, these are called microbursts.
Virga Precipitation falling from a cloud, usually in wisps or streaks, but evaporating before it reaches the ground.
Virtual temperature- The temperature a parcel of air would have if the moisture in it were removed and its specific heat was added to the parcel.
Virga- Precipitation falling from the base of a cloud and evaporating before it reaches ...
Water vapor that evaporates before reaching the ground is virga.
Examples of liquid or solid water particles that are lifted off the earth's surface by the wind includes drifting and blowing snow and blowing spray.
Possible Hail. VIP 6 (Level 6 57 dBZ) - Very Heavy Precipitation. Large Rainl Possible. Virga: Precipitation in the form of rain, snow, sleet etc, falling from clouds and evaporating before reaching the ground.
White to gray in color, it can create a fibrous veil or sheet, sometimes obscuring the sun or moon. It is a good indicator of precipitation, as it often precedes a storm system. Virga often falls from these clouds.
Under the base of cumulonimbus, which is very dark, there frequently exists virga, precipitation, and low, ragged clouds, either merged with it or not. Its precipitation is often heavy and always of a showery nature.
 See also: Cloud, Air, Surface, Water, Horizon
  
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