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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Precipitation in the form of liquid water drops which have diameters greater than 0.5 mm, or, if widely scattered, the drops may be smaller.  2, record 1, English, - rain

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The snow turned to rain at lower elevations. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]  3, record 1, English, - rain

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The only other form of liquid precipitation, drizzle, is to be distinguished from rain in that drizzle drops are generally less than 0.5 mm in diameter, are very much numerous, and reduce visibility much more than does light rain.  2, record 1, English, - rain

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

rain: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.  4, record 1, English, - rain

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Précipitation de particules d’eau liquide sous forme de gouttes de diamètre supérieur à 0,5 mm, ou de gouttes plus petites et très dispersées.  2, record 1, French, - pluie

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La neige s’est transformée en pluie à basse altitude. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d’avalanche.]  3, record 1, French, - pluie

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pluie : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d’avalanche.  4, record 1, French, - pluie

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Pluie cyclonique, de boue, de convection, d’orage, de relief, de soufre, orographique, verglaçante.  4, record 1, French, - pluie

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 PHR

Saison des pluies.  5, record 1, French, - pluie

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Precipitación de partículas de agua líquida en forma de gotas de diámetro superior a 0,5 mm, o de gotas más pequeñas y muy dispersas.  2, record 1, Spanish, - lluvia

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Hurricane spiral bands consist of individual convective cells associated with small-scale cumulus convection. The thunderstorms within the spiral bands are organized into regions of rising and sinking air. In contrast to the motion of the band, which moves considerably slower than the mean wind speed, the individual cells tend to move with the mean wind in the layer in which they are embedded. These convective cells, which have typical lifetimes of 20-40 min, are a result of a general lifting within the band of convectively unstable air.  1, record 2, English, - convectively%20unstable%20air

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

unstable air: Air in which static instability prevails. This condition is determined by the vertical gradients of air temperature and humidity.  2, record 2, English, - convectively%20unstable%20air

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convection: Organized motions within a layer of air leading to the vertical transport of heat, momentum, etc.  2, record 2, English, - convectively%20unstable%20air

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les cumulus peuvent [...] grossir suffisamment pour qu'il y ait des averses de pluie, ou même évoluer en cumulonimbus avec orage. On peut rencontrer cette situation : soit dans de l'air chaud convectivement instable sur une grande épaisseur, soit à l'arrière d’un front froid, lorsque à cause d’un flux cyclonique il n’ y a pas la moindre subsidence en altitude.  1, record 2, French, - air%20convectivement%20instable

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Des nuages instables peuvent être noyés dans ces nuages moyens lorsque l’air chaud est convectivement instable.  2, record 2, French, - air%20convectivement%20instable

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

air instable : Air dans lequel prédomine l’instabilité hydrostatique. Cette situation est déterminée par les gradients verticaux de température et d’humidité de l’air.  3, record 2, French, - air%20convectivement%20instable

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS

convection : Mouvements organisés dans une couche d’air entraînant des transferts verticaux de chaleur, de quantité de mouvement, etc.  3, record 2, French, - air%20convectivement%20instable

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish