The force of rain hitting the ground is typically not strong enough to cause damage or harm. Raindrops fall at terminal velocity, which is the maximum speed they can reach due to air resistance. The force is usually equivalent to that of a gentle breeze or a light tap.
Splat or plop?!
Splash erosion is caused by the impact of raindrops hitting bare soil or loose material on the ground. The force of the raindrop hitting the soil breaks up its structure, dislodges particles, and detaches soil particles from the surface, leading to erosion. Areas with more intense rainfall or steep slopes are more prone to splash erosion.
That is called virga. Virga occurs when rain or snow falls from a cloud but evaporates due to dry air before reaching the ground.
No, it is measured like snow and then lumped into snow accumulation.
Nimbus cirrus clouds typically do not produce rain directly. These higher-level clouds are made up of ice crystals and indicate fair weather or changes in the atmosphere. Rain is usually associated with nimbostratus or cumulonimbus clouds.
The water hitting the ground.
Rain hitting the ground
Splat or plop?!
Snow, sleet or hail,
Rain hitting down hard on the ground makes rivers form.
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When you fall and hit the ground with your elbow, the force is concentrated on a smaller area compared to hitting the ground with your back. This smaller area leads to higher pressure exerted by your elbow on impact. In contrast, hitting the ground with your back distributes the force over a larger surface area, resulting in lower pressure.
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 force a body moving at 30 mph hits a dashboard with depends on the duration of the impact. In both cases, the force is determined by the deceleration experienced by the body upon impact. However, hitting the ground after a fall may involve a longer deceleration distance compared to hitting a dashboard, potentially affecting the force experienced.
No. What brings rain down, gravity, is a force. Rain is simply water being pulled down by gravity in little drops from clouds in the sky.
A solid object hitting the ground with the force of a meteor would leave a crater, a depression in the ground with a raised edge at the surface, similar to Meteor Crater in Arizona.
Hitting the Ground was created on 2002-08-13.