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stranger
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"virga" may apply to rain, but I believe the word "sublimation" describes what happens to snow. It happens here in Interior Alaska when it is so cold that the snow just disappears before hitting the ground.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Sublimation certainly describes the process of a solid going directly to a gas but the term virga applies equally to all forms of precipitation.
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