If your on a plane and its raining, would you see the rain if you were in the clouds?

Question

I just thought of this kind of randomly but,

If your on a plane and its raining, and your already in the sky, way up in the clouds, would you see the rain going down, or would you still see it in the clouds and see it hitting the plane? My brother said it would look like it was going up but im not sure. If you know the answer thats great : ] good luck!

Answer 1

I am a helicopter pilot and I fly trough clouds all the time and here is what my 16 years of flying has taught me about clouds and rain.

White puffy clouds are for the most part safe to fly through, most of the time you can see above and below them. They are simple area of water condensation and yes my window does get a little wet just by me 'running' into the individual droplets of water that are suspend in the cloud. These clouds can range anywhere from 1000 feet to 20000 feet AGL (Above Ground Level)

Dark or black clouds are very DANGEROUS as this is a good indicator of a thunderstorm. In that cloud there are severe updrafts and downdrafts. These vertical wind shears are enough to take a jumbo jet and slam in down into the ground (and this has happened on numerous occasions). These clouds can range to be directly on the surface to more than 40,000 feet in height, making them extremely hazardous to flight. It is illegal for me to intentionally flying into a Thunderstorm due to the weather that is on the inside.

Now to answer your question, depending on how high I was flying (with my job I fly anywhere from the tops of trees to over 10,000 feet for long flights) Towards the bottom of the clouds in which the visibility is still OK, most of the time you CANNOT see individual rain drops falling towards you. What you do see is a 'curtain' of darker air falling around you, this is the rain cell.

I have flown into snow storms and yes you can see individual flakes falling just because they are bigger than raindrops.

Answer 2

You wouldn't see the rain going up, unless the plane was going up faster than the rain was going down (Which is basically impossible, unless you're in a fighter jet). While you're inside the cloud, it just looks grey, but water does fall down while you're in the lower part of the cloud. As you rise within the cloud, the raindrops are fewer, and eventually, you emerge above the clouds into amazingly bright sunlight.

Answer 3

you does not see the rain going up, until the airplane became going up swifter than the rain became occurring (that's truly impossible, until you're in a fighter jet). while you're interior the cloud, it purely looks gray, yet water does crumple while you're interior the decrease component to the cloud. As you upward thrust interior the cloud, the raindrops are fewer, and finally, you emerge above the clouds into amazingly amazing solar.

Answer 4

If it was raining you would see rain.

If you don't see rain it is not raiining.

Inside a cloud your windows would get wet from the condensation and moisture contained in the cloud but it wouldn't hit the windows like rain unless there was another cloud above you.

Honestly I pulled all that out of my butt. How did I do?

Answer 5

If it is raining you are going to see it. If the rain is going up then you are in severe turbulence and in a bad place.

Answer 6

i have been on a plane many times and believe it or not, none of those times it has rained! yeah, im pretty sure you could see it. im not 100% sure but eh.........

Answer 7

yes
you cannot feel it
but you can see on the glass window the water clinging

Answer 8

you wouldn't see it at all..

Answer 9

haha abby ur so dang random!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lmao! u make me laugh