virga in English

noun
1
a mass of streaks of rain appearing to hang under a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground.
I kept a wary eye on both for fifteen to twenty minutes while climbing in the last couple thermals and observed that the virga never extended its range closer to the ground.

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1. Virga may appear with most of the species of Altocumulus

2. They speculate that virgo grew from virga meaning "a green branch or twig.

3. Altostratus is a precipitating cloud (praecipitatio) and therefore often is accompanied by virga and mamma

4. Dum sacrum pignus cœlitus revelatur, Christi fides roboratur; * Adaunt prodigia divina in virga Moysi primitus figurata, alleluia

5. Starring: Antonio Virga Architecte, Photographer: Pierre Lasvenes, Luc Boegly, City: Cahors, France, Section: Museums, Cinemas, "Le Grand Palais" is a new multiplex cinema and museum space designed by architect Antonio Virga for the city administration of Cahors, in the French region of Occitania

6. Meaning: Altostratus mamma: As mam: sac-like, wart-like excrescences at the bottom side of the cloud: Altostratus virga: As vir: with drop strips

7. Altocumulus clouds have five supplementary features: asperitas (chaotic and wavy underside), cavum (fallstreak hole, hole punch cloud), fluctus (wave features known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instability), mamma (mammatus clouds shaped like cow udders), and virga (evaporating precipitation).