Some rainstorms drench you in a second, while others drop rain in a nice peaceful drizzle. A meteorologist explains how ...

As we track a potential winter storm this weekend, one word keeps coming up in the forecast: messy. That’s because we’re not just watching for snow, we’re also monitoring the potential for sleet and ...

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Winter storms can bring all sorts of precipitation: snow, sleet, hail, freezing rain or even plain old rain. Why so much variety? The answer involves temperature changes as the precipitation falls.

Rain is a common phenomenon on Earth. There is a similar phenomenon on the Sun, called coronal rain. It is related to the coronal heating and magnetic field, and plays a fundamental role in the mass ...