For years, scientists have experimented with engineering techniques that can safely modify rainfall. But experts say the ...

All clouds need “seeds” called condensation nuclei or ice nuclei to properly develop. This could be a speck of dust, clay or ...

Cloud seeding is a weather technique used to get more precipitation out of existing clouds. How do clouds form? To explain ...

Passing aircraft wring extra snow and rain out of clouds. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 01 / 190131143347.htm. American Geophysical Union.

Cloud seeding – spraying materials into clouds to increase precipitation – has been around for nearly 80 years. But only recently have scientists been able to measure how effective it really is.

An active pattern continues through the week, with another system likely to bring a mix of rain and snow by the weekend. Temperatures remain seasonably cool, with highs in the 30s and 40s and lows ...

Sunshine gives way to clouds this afternoon with rain and snow showers tonight. Coastal areas stay chilly in the 40s, while inland reaches the low 50s. Skip to content ...

This snow may end up reaching the ground as snow, rain, sleet or freezing rain, depending on the particulars of the temperature profiles it travels through on the way to the surface. More On This ...

Rain. Most precipitation in the winter starts as snow falling from the cloud. If this snow hits air above freezing, it begins to melt. If the column of air is entirely above freezing from cloud to ...

Clouds today and dry. Rain and snow ahead for Wednesday. Updated: 5:59 AM PST Feb 13, 2024 Editorial Standards ...

Cloud seeding—spraying materials into clouds to increase precipitation—has been around for nearly 80 years. But only recently have scientists been able to measure how effective it really is. ... Cloud ...