noun
- Any form of water particle or water substance suspended in or falling from the atmosphere, such as rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog, or cloud droplets.
Usage: technical; meteorology
Examples
- Rain is the most common hydrometeor in tropical regions.
- Meteorologists classify snow and hail as types of hydrometeors.
- Fog is a hydrometeor that forms near the ground.
- The weather service tracks various hydrometeors to predict storms.
- Cloud droplets are microscopic hydrometeors suspended in the air.
- Sleet is a hydrometeor that occurs when rain freezes during its fall.