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An atmospheric scientist used a high-resolution camera to take images of snowflakes during a snowstorm. The scientist observed that the snowflakes were heavily rimed.

What can the atmospheric scientist infer about the snowstorm that was happening at that time?

The storm was deep and shallow.
The storm was deep and turbulent.
The storm was calm and shallow.
The storm was calm and deep.

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The storm was deep and turbulent.

Heavy riming indicates abundant supercooled liquid droplets colliding with and freezing onto ice crystals — a situation most likely in a deep, convective/turbulent cloud with strong mixing and updrafts.