weather elements to aviation operations: clouds, and precipitation

    Paragraph 1: Outline a general definition and description of the weather element(s) clouds and precipitation.  Include descriptive features about the weather element(s) – its variation in time and/or space, relevant terminology, conventions, common units of measure, etc.
    Paragraph 2: Summarize one or more impacts of the weather element(s) to aviation operations.
    Paragraph 3: Provide a real example, from an article or documented report (aircraft incidents or accidents, for example), of the aviation impact of this weather element.

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