### weather | precipitation | rain:

Monsoon rain
* are heavy and are usually accompanied by strong, warm winds.
* occur in most regions during the summer.
* pauses Rain drops fall from broad leaves One by one by one.

Rain shower
* Most rain showers affect areas.
* Some rain showers stimulate growth.
* are actually disruptive to the spread of powdery mildew
  - good
  - possible any time of the year
* can occur at any time, but full days of rain are usually rare.
* is rain
* occur throughout the year, but more frequently during the summer months.
* turn to steady rain, which turns to a downpour.

### weather | precipitation | rain:

Rainstorm
* accompanied by lightning are common during afternoons.
* also increase glacial melt, as well as add their own runoff to a river.
* are typical of warmer weather, so always carry rain gear in late spring and summer.
* can also cause high flows and floods, especially on small streams
  - make the desert bloom
* fills rivers.
* includes diamond dust.
* includes frost mist
  - snow
* includes ice crystal
  - needles
  - raindrops
  - snow mist
  - storm centers
* occasionally cause flooding of the Namoi River.
* occur all year.
* often bring about serious road flooding and traffic disruptions.
* tend to come and go quickly.
* usually last no longer than an hour and are very violent.
+ Gunnedah, New South Wales, Geography: Towns in New South Wales
  * Gunnedah Shire is 264 metres above sea level on the Liverpool Plains in the Namoi River valley. It is very flat. The tallest hills are only 200 metres above the flat plains. The climate is hot in summer, mild in winter and dry. Rainstorms occasionally cause flooding of the Namoi River. Floods can cut transport links to the town and cut it off from the outside world.

### weather | precipitation | rain | rainstorm:

Thundershower
* are rainstorm.
* is rainstorm
* usually develop just to the east of the dryline in South Africa.

### weather | precipitation | rain:

Relief rain
* is also a very dense and cold mixture of precipitation.
+ Rain, Relief rain: Precipitation
  * When the clouds can no longer hold the water droplets, relief rain begins to fall on the windward slope of the mountain. On the leeward slope, air sinks, it is warmed and further dried by compression. Therefore, the leeward slope is known as rain shadow. Moist winds blow in from the sea and are forced to rise over the land. The air cools and the water vapour condenses, forming rain drops. Relief rain is also a very dense and cold mixture of precipitation.

Spring rain
* awakens the earth and calls forth new life.
* bring vegetation growth, providing breeding areas and additional food sources.
* help to provide additional nutrients that drive the base of the food chain.
* induce the toads to breed.
* keep rodent populations in check.
* wash spores of the fungus to newly emerging leaf tissue.

### weather | precipitation | rain:

Summer rain
* Most summer rain comes as brief thunderstorms or showers in the late afternoon
  - fills ponds
  - is produced by thunderstorms, which can be accompanied by strong winds
* Some summer rain causes mortality.
* can also stimulate growth of new basal leaves that can be very toxic
* cause the forests to come alive with verdant beauty.
* come in torrents when they come at all.
* comes mainly as brief thunderstorms in the middle and late afternoon.
* produce abundant growth of annual grasses.

Torrential rain
* associated with land falling tropical systems sometimes produce flash floods.
* is good tank rain, provided it falls straight down.
* occur in the central Pacific islands and regions along the South American coast.
* raise water levels hundreds of feet in only weeks and wash away entire cities.
  * cause flash flooding in Vargas, Venezuela.