FARGO — You may think you know what a raindrop looks like but it is not the traditional teardrop shape that often comes to mind. The movie Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs may have been onto ...

MISSOULA. Mont. — When we think of raindrops, the classic image of a teardrop may come to mind. Is this truth or a weather myth? Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs explains as he dives into the science of ...

When asked to picture the shape of raindrops, many of us will imagine water looking like tears that fall from our eyes, or the stretched out drip from a leaky faucet. This popular misconception is ...

Take a look at depictions of raindrops in movies, artwork, and coloring books - from spheres of water to tear drop shapes, renditions of rain vary quite a bit! Though we can't tell with our naked eyes ...

Close your eyes and think about the shape of a raindrop. You probably think of the teardrop shape don't you? Well sadly, everything we learned growing up about the shape of a raindrop is false. It ...

If someone asked you to draw a rain shower, you’d probably illustrate a puffy cloud with a handful of tear-shaped drops falling to the ground. That is how rain is popularly depicted, after all. But if ...

What happens as a raindrop impacts bare soil has been fairly well-studied, but what happens to raindrops afterward is poorly understood. We know that the initial splash of raindrops on soil ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – This might be one of the more interesting headlines you have ever read, but I promise you that I am headed somewhere with this. There is more rain in the forecast Sunday and ...

It’s probably not what you think it is. The actual shape of a raindrop is the result of two forces constantly acting on the drop and acting in opposition to each other: surface tension and air ...

Rainfall is one of the defining characteristics of our weather, with amounts varying dramatically from one region to another. It shapes both our skies and our landscape, carving valleys while filling ...