precipitation ceiling

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precipitation ceiling [prə‚sip·ə′tā·shən ‚sēl·iŋ]

(meteorology)

After United States weather observing practice, a ceiling classification applied when the ceiling value is the vertical visibility upward into precipitation; this is necessary when precipitation obscures the cloud base and prevents a determination of its height.

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