What Makes Rain Different
Rain can be light, like a gentle sprinkle on your face when you’re playing outside. It can also be heavy, like a big pour that soaks your shoes and makes you run for cover.
Sometimes rain feels like tiny drops, like the ones you see when you look up at the sky during a summer day. Other times, it feels more like a spray, like when you turn on the water in the kitchen sink and it goes everywhere.
Why Rain Has Different "Flavors"
Rain gets its different “flavors” because of what’s happening high up in the clouds. The bigger the drops, the heavier the rain, just like how big scoops of ice cream feel more full than small ones.
So next time it rains, think of it as an ice cream shop in the sky, giving you a flavor that matches your day!
Examples
- A student wonders why the sky looks grey one day and white on another.
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See also
- What makes a cloud form in the sky and why do some rain?
- What is hail?
- What are vertical cloud types?
- What are rainfall rates?
- What Makes a ‘Cloud’ Different from a ‘Storm’?