April shower
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In parts of the Northern Hemisphere, an April shower is rain during the month of April. One of the major causes of the often heavy downpours is the position of the jet stream. In early spring, the jet
An approaching April shower of snow on Dartmoor, Devon, England (31 March 2010)
Shower (precipitation)
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A shower is a mode of precipitation characterized by an abrupt start and end, and by rapid variations in intensity. Often strong and short-lived, it comes from convective clouds, like cumulus congestu
April shower
…springtime sunshine to winter sleet and snow. The track of these depressions can often be across Ireland and Scotland bringing bands of rain followed by heavy showers (often of hail or snow) and strong blustery winds. In France, this meteorological phenomenon is known as "Giboulées de mars" (March sudden sleet showers…
Shower in Reignier-Esery, Haute-Savoie, France.
A violent electrical storm results from convective cumulonimbus above the LCL.