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Is there a special term for the rain with tiny raindrops?

Asked by alex2 (76points) September 24th, 2009
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This type of rain has small raindrops that are slow to fall, doesn’t last long, and sometimes is accompanied with a rainbow.

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Bluefreedom's avatar

Drizzle – Meteorology. precipitation consisting of numerous, minute droplets of water less than 1/50 in. (0.5 mm) in diameter.

Mist – to rain in very fine drops; drizzle (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It was misting when they went out for lunch.

augustlan's avatar

I vote for mist.

alex2's avatar

There are three types of drizzle, as I found out: light, medium and heavy. I was referring to the light drizzle http://images.usatoday.com/weather/images/drizzle_body.jpg

Looks like the mist is more of a fog with better visibility http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mist_-_Ensay_region3.jpg

cyn's avatar

It’s sprinkling!

DominicX's avatar

I never knew “drizzle” was a technical term. I thought it was just something colloquial.

Learn something new every day.

augustlan's avatar

@alex2 Glad you found your answer. Welcome to Fluther!

janbb's avatar

Anothe term for what you described in the details is a shower, i.e. “showers ar likely through the morning.”

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