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The descent of stratiform precipitation follows a pathway according to IFS wind speeds and particulate fallspeedsfall-speeds, so rain and snow precipitation particles can transfer between grid boxes as they descend in the IFS. This "precipitation drift" is much more pronounced for snow because it has a much slower fallspeed fall-speed than rain.
Convective precipitation is not treated in the same way (see convective cloud process and precipitation).
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