precipitation

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With a storm track now looking like it will pass through Long Island sound and Cape Cod, the precipitation will be all in the form of snow with southern NH getting into moderate-heavy bands of snow overnight.

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  1. noun A headlong fall or rush.
  2. noun Abrupt or impulsive haste.
  3. noun A hastening or acceleration, especially one that is sudden or unexpected: He is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise.

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  • Billings had received 13.89 inches of precipitation, about .91 inch below normal. —  billingsgazette.com
  • Rain has been falling in much of South Carolina overnight, and a band of precipitation -- stretching east to west -- moved into the upper part of the state about 5 a.m. —  The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front
  • It's expected sometime late this afternoon, and it now appears most of the precipitation will be snow. —  Ottawa Sun
  • The implications of Makarieva and Gorshkov's explanation of precipitation -- and the vital role played by forests -- are revolutionary and widespread, which is the reason the theory produces controversy, or is simply dismissed out of hand. —  Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed
  • With temperatures at the surface expected to be near freezing and low dewpoints a brief period of frozen precipitation is a good bet before things begin to transition to rain. —  Phillyweather.net -- The Delaware Valley's Weather Center
 

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  1. = Old French precipitation, French précipitation = Spanish precipitacion = Portuguese precipitação = Italian precipitazione, from Latin præcipitatio(n-), a falling headlong, headlong haste, from præcipitare, past participle præcipitatus, cast down headlong: see precipitate.
 

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