Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Rain vs Drizzle

Morning Bun, Coffee - Point Reyes  2026

Side Window View - Point Reyes  2026

"Drizzle is liquid precipitation with small droplet size. In order to be classified as drizzle rather than as rain, the droplets must be less than 0.5mm in diameter; however drizzle droplets are significantly larger than cloud droplets. For an observer who cannot readily distinguish droplet size, rain droplets may be observed to splash as they hit a puddle and drizzle droplets generally do not."

Huh. My definition is, if I've got the windshield wipers going non-intermittently, then it's rain. If I need a parka, then it's rain. Both conditions obtained here, although the moisture was probably coming from the Bay Area's marine layer. 

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