please explain =]
2007-12-09 22:19:24 · 5 answers · asked by David F 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
As long as it's above a freezing 32 degrees and the dew point in higher, it will likely rain. The dew point is what's important here.
2007-12-09 22:29:24 · answer #1 · answered by maverick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will rain when the humidity in the air is condensed to 100% of its relative value (dew point) and there is still a further cooling of the air due to adiabatic effect like the rise in a convection or a warm front.
That's because the colder there is, the less humidity air can sustain and small droplets will then condense in bigger ones until their mass is such as gravity pulls them down toward the ground. We call it rain. If the temperature in the clouds is below freeze point, we call it snow.
2007-12-10 07:32:07 · answer #2 · answered by Michel Verheughe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rain happens when the air near the ground is above freezing.
Read about precipitation like rain here : http://weatherforecasting.suite101.com/article.cfm/forecasting_precipitation_types
2007-12-10 16:41:38 · answer #3 · answered by WeatherWriter@S101.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
round about 7 or 8 degrees that's what it takes to get it to rain where I live! Mind you we are 1,300 feet above sea level so it might be slightly less.
2007-12-10 06:29:19 · answer #4 · answered by mandy r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it has anything to do with degrees, it has to do in how much humidity is in the air, that sort of thing.
2007-12-10 06:27:22 · answer #5 · answered by wicked_clown_1975 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋