Clouds and Precipitation

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What are large, white, puffy clouds called that signal nice weather?

What is the name of precipitation that freezes before hitting the ground. It is ice pellets mixed with rain and snow.

What are large, dark, storm clouds called?

What determines the type of precipitation that falls from the sky?

What are thin, wispy clouds called that are high in the sky and are made of ice crystals?

This type of precipitation occurs when strong updrafts carry rain high into the troposphere.

How do meteorologists classify clouds?

What is the name of precipitation that freezes upon contact with a cold surface?