Arguably the rarest type of precipitation on our list, ice crystals are a meteorological phenomenon that you'll only see in very cold climates.
In a 2009 essay, Washington state native Jenni Whalen laid out Seattle's six types of rain: drizzle, mist, sprinkles, “normal rain,” downpours and thunderstorms.
There are three rainfall types: Convectional rainfall. Orographic or relief rainfall. Cyclonic or frontal rainfall.
Simply put, virga are trails of precipitation that fall from the underside of a cloud but evaporate or sublime before it can reach the earth's surface.
It's understood that blood rain occurs when relatively high concentrations of red coloured dust or particles get mixed into rain, giving it a red appearance as it falls. Blood rain is not actually a meteorological or scientific term - instead it's a colloquial phrase which can be found going a fair way back in history.
The intense fires created around Hiroshima by the bomb carried large quantities of ash into the atmosphere. The ash had the effect of 'seeding' the clouds and the result was a 'black rain' which fell 1-2 hours after the explosion.
Warm rain results from the joining together of a cloud's liquid water droplets. For the rain to be warm, temperatures throughout the cloud must be above freezing, so ice particles are absent. Rainmaking is not easy.
The biggest rainfall in a day occurred with the passage of Cyclone Denise in Foc-Foc, La Réunion, an island in the southern Indian Ocean. Some 1.825 meters (71.8 inches) of rain fell over 24 hours, from January 7 to 8, 1966.
An incredible 331 consecutive days of measurable rainfall were recorded at Manuawili Ranch, Maui, in 1939-40. If you include a trace of rain, the record is 881 consecutive days, or nearly three straight years, at Honomu Maki, Oahu, from 1913 to 1916.
cloudburst, a sudden, very heavy rainfall, usually local in nature and of brief duration. Most so-called cloudbursts occur in connection with thunderstorms. In these storms there are violent uprushes of air, which at times prevent the condensing raindrops from falling to the ground.
Definitions of downpour. a heavy rain. synonyms: cloudburst, deluge, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout. type of: rain, rainfall.
Warmer oceans increase the amount of water that evaporates into the air. When more moisture-laden air moves over land or converges into a storm system, it can produce more intense precipitation—for example, heavier rain and snow storms.
Rain is droplets of water that are condensed as a result of evaporation. During the water cycle formation of clouds takes place. Rain is also called precipitation. Water is absorbed from different water bodies, a large amount of which vaporizes and enters the atmospheric air.
Sleet is simply frozen raindrops and occurs when the layer of freezing air along the surface is thicker. This causes the raindrops to freeze before reaching the ground. Why are Freezing Rain and Sleet Dangerous?
Sleet occurs when snowflakes only partially melt when they fall through a shallow layer of warm air. These slushy drops refreeze as they next fall through a deep layer of freezing air above the surface, and eventually reach the ground as frozen rain drops that bounce on impact.
Ombrophobia is an extreme fear of rain. The condition is a specific phobia (fear), which is a type of anxiety disorder. A person who is afraid of rain (an ombrophobe) may be afraid of major, destructive rain or just a light drizzle. People with ombrophobia may believe that rain can be harmful in some way.
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About 232 million years ago, during a span known as the Carnian age, it rained almost everywhere. After millions of years of dry climates, Earth entered a wet period lasting one million to two million years. Nearly any place where geologists find rocks of that age, there are signs of wet weather.
When it is windy over the ocean, spray is whipped into the air, and when the spray evaporates, its load of dissolved salt is left behind, floating in the air. That's why "sea air" is salty. Those tiny parcels of salt can sometimes mix with rain, causing the rain to become somewhat salty.
Germs and other contaminants are found in rainwater.
While useful for many things, rainwater is not as pure as you might think, so you cannot assume it is safe to drink.
It has taken one of the most powerful lasers on the planet, but scientists have done it. They've confirmed the existence of 'superionic' hot ice - frozen water that can remain solid at thousands of degrees of heat.
The "black rain" that fell after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been generally believed to contain radioactive materials.
Nuclear fallout, or just simply fallout, known also as Black Rain, is the residual radioactive material that is propelled into the upper atmosphere after a nuclear black or a nuclear reaction that is conducted in an unshielded facility.
Abstract. Purple Rain, as sung by Prince could be possible in reality. Throughout history, 'blood rains' have been seen where rain appears red. The knowledge of this phenomenon allows a method to be devised in order to obtain purple coloured rain.