### weather | precipitation | snowfall:

Heavy snowfall
* Most heavy snowfall is accompanied by surface wind
* Some heavy snowfall produces avalanches.
* are common in the winter months
  - infrequent and melt rapidly
* can make roads and railroad tracks impassable
  - occur during short-lived events if the precipitation rate is high
* covers stores of buried food, and increases predation pressure.
* occur on average every thirty years.

Seasonal weather
* Most seasonal weather affects locations.
* can affect the hydration of the outer skin
  - greatly impact groundwater flow

### weather:

Severe weather
* More severe weather occurs in the spring and summer than any other time of the year.
* affects school safety in many ways.
* can cause accidents, or drivers can become dangerously stranded
  - flooding, capsizing, and eventually sinking
  - happen quickly during the summer time
  - make eagle watching easier
* can strike quickly and sometimes with little or no warning
  - suddenly and without warning
* includes events such as ice storms and major accumulations of snow.
* is any element of the weather that threaten peoples' property or safety
  - rain accompanied by high winds, thunder and lightening
  - sudden, violent, hazardous weather that comes from powerful thunderstorms
* occurs in a variety of ways in east central Florida.
* threat to the citrus industry.

Solar weather
* affects satellite transmission Radio transmission, electric power grid, and much more.
* is seen as the biggest threat to satellites.

Space weather
* All space weather related to the sun, is affected in some way, shape, or form by the solar cycle.
* can disrupt electric power and communications systems
  - make waves on earth
* causes damage.
* has impacts on, for example, telecommunications and electric power systems on Earth.
* is weather.
* new term in the lexicon of science.

### weather:

Warm weather
* allows for rapid egg-hatching.
* brings insects and they can make riding miserable for horse and rider.
* can cause beets to form hairy side roots
  - create skin problems
  - increase the risk of avalanches
  - induce premature growth which can be damaged by subsequent cold and frosts
* causes individual sprouts to be soft and open rather than solid and tightly packed.
* favors infection and disease development.
* has blueberries growing rapidly and leaf tissue is quickly emerging.
* increases the number of grasshoppers that reach maturity.
* is slow to arrive in spring, and is tenuous in summer and early fall
  - the time to take steps to prevent future ice dams
* makes for successful growing of apples, peaches, pears and cherries.
* means road repair in many regions.
* melts the ice and deposits the substrate.
* reduces quality.
* triggers the evolution of a new moth.

Warmer weather
* can in some cases spur crop growth, though in other cases it can be detrimental.
* is best for collecting flies
  - needed to propel pasture growth before winter arrives
* reduces the amount of time needed for the eggs to hatch.

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Wet weather
* Some wet weather affects cities.
* can cause the ground underfoot to be slippery.
* does indeed have an effect on ground conductivity.
* encourages growth.
* favors larval movement and the infestation process.
* increases the chance of being involved in a crash.
* is also a threat to children playing on wooden structures
  - ideal for most fungal diseases
* major factor in disease development.
* means an abundance of tender green grasses and weeds to eat
  - more pests in summer and so more pesticides are used
* produces conditions favorable for the increase of pathogens.
* slows reproduction and favors the development of their natural enemies.