As far as I'm aware, raindrops (or precipitation I guess) fall when clouds condense enough. I guess at its most basic level, the clouds get too heavy to hold the vapour and at that point, they condense, turn to liquid water, and fall to the ground. If that's the case, why do they fall at different times for different lengths of time and come in different sizes?
2006-12-18 17:14:57 · 4 answers · asked by Link 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
It because the rain that falls through an atmosphere where there are lot of suspended particles which impede the motion of the rain drop and also there is the wind factor which affects the rain particles motion.. Also the atmospheric temperature is also responsible for the melting down of the rain droplets..
The rain formation is not a very simple condensation process and does not fall like a water from a bucket, rather it contains ice pellets which melt down the way to earth.. so the process is a very complex one and hence it is very unlikely that you can find two rains having the same pattern..
2006-12-18 18:00:42 · answer #1 · answered by Eshwar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the size of a raindrop is principally desperate by the gap it would commute to the floor and the temperature interior the atmostphere. If the raindrop has to commute a greater distance, lots of the water molecules will disperse and grow to be a gas on the way down, which makes the raindrop shrink in length. The temperature performs a component interior the size for a matching reason. If the temperature is cooler, the raindrop has a tendency to stay in liquid sort. although, no remember if it extremely is warm or humid, lots of the raindrop will evaporate into the ambience.
2016-12-30 15:25:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT all dpeneds how much the water droplets in the clouds are able to condense and how much moisture is in the Mid and Low levels of the atmosphere.
2006-12-18 18:18:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my guess is that the wind might create unevenness when they are formed. they might fall at different times because the droplets do not form all at the same time. for the different lengths of time i think this is caused by the volume of the cloud, and how much moisture is in it.
2006-12-18 17:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by jake 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋