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Inmeteorology,virga isprecipitation that falls from a cloud butevaporates orsublimes before reaching the ground.^[1] It is seen a lot indeserts andtemperate climates. These areas have lowhumidity and hightemperatures which cause the rain to evaporate before reaching the ground. In North America, it is seen a lot in theWestern United States and the Canadian Prairies. It is also seen a lot in theMiddle East andNorth Africa.

↑Glossary of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society. 2000.ISBN 1-878220-34-9. Archived fromthe original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved2013-10-29.

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"Viewing the Vagaries and Verities of Virga" Alistair B. Fraser and Craig F. Bohren, Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 2 November 1992 and 25 January 1993.

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