MET 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Freezing Rain, Microclimate
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Freezing rain raindrops that freeze when they touch a cold surface. Snowflakes when water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice ctystals. Hailstones round pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters in diameter. Climate the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time. Microclimate climate in a specific area that varies from the surrounding climate region. Latitude an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator. Tropical zone warm climate zone that receives direct or nearly direct sunlight year round. Polar zone the region between 66. 5 to 90 degrees north and south latitudes and the poles; the sun"s rays strike at a very small angle in the polar zone. Temperate zones the areas between the tropical and polar zones. Marine climates the climate of some coastal regions, with relatively warm winters and cool summers. Continental climates the climate of the centers of continents, with cold winters and warm or hot summers.
