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Old August 16th 09, 02:29 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
sutartsorric sutartsorric is offline
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Default Rain, heavy or light!

On 15 Aug, 21:27, "GKN" wrote:
Hi Will.
I am not sure as to its actual thickness, but it looked at times that it
should have been pouring with rain. Lets say I have seen heavier rain with
the sun shining through thinner cloud.

Im just having a little difficulty understanding the mechanism.



Maybe the freezing level was high and the cloud was mainly water,
rather than having ice crystals?

(GCSE Geography level answer I'm afraid)