Splat or plop?!
The term nimbus when connected with a cloud means that rain is coming from that cloud and it is hitting the ground. Cumulonimbus are the standard storm clouds.
many people think it is freezing rain but really it is sleet! Sleet starts out frozen hits a pocket of warm air starts to melt then it hits a cold pocket of air before it hits the ground. it may repeat this pattern various times before hitting the ground.
Rain that does not hit the ground is called virga.
Rain,snow, sleet are forms of precipitation. Precipitation is any condensed water vapor that falls to the ground.
acid rain sound pollution
Rain hitting the ground
The water hitting the ground.
Snow, sleet or hail,
Rain hitting down hard on the ground makes rivers form.
pitter patter
The term nimbus when connected with a cloud means that rain is coming from that cloud and it is hitting the ground. Cumulonimbus are the standard storm clouds.
Sleet is snow that melts in the sky and re-freezes before hitting the ground as ice pellets and Freezing rain is snow that melts into water and doesn't re-freeze before hitting the ground...but the ground temperature is below 32 degrees, so the rain will freeze on contact causing a glaze of ice.
The terms Pluviophobia and Ombrophobia mean both the fear of rain, and being rained on.
trees that survive in the rainforest whoses leaves spead out and hold as much rain from hitting the ground as possible hope that helps a little:)
peter patter is the sound made by rain.....
I have only seen "plip" written as a sound effect.A light sound or action like liquid hitting a surface.He heard the plips of rain on the roof.It cold also be an acronym (Acronymfinder.com has 7 definitions)
many people think it is freezing rain but really it is sleet! Sleet starts out frozen hits a pocket of warm air starts to melt then it hits a cold pocket of air before it hits the ground. it may repeat this pattern various times before hitting the ground.