Precipitation
Precipitation is drizzle, rain, sleet, snow and hail. In Ojai we don't generally get snow so most of our Precipitation comes from drizzle, rain and sometimes hail. Precipitation happens when a cloud has too much moisture in it. The moisture comes together to form ice crystals. (It's very cold in the clouds) The ice crystals either melt and become rain and drizzle or they remain frozen and become snow or hail. Depending on the outside temperature of course. That is the first stage of my water cycle.