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diamond dust
Small ice crystals falling from an apparently cloudless sky, (often, but not always, at night). Crystals originate from air having a higher moisture content above a thermal inversion aloft, where mixing leads to nucleation and growth of crystals at temperatures near −40°C.
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- Industri / Domain: Cuaca
- Kategori: Meteorologi
- Company: AMS
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