{"id":26144,"date":"2026-06-06T22:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/26144\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T22:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:24:09","slug":"from-rain-bombs-to-el-nino-debunking-australias-greatest-weather-myths-and-misconceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/26144\/","title":{"rendered":"From &#8216;rain bombs&#8217; to El Ni\u00f1o: Debunking Australia&#8217;s greatest weather myths and misconceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Precipitation types are differentiated in forecasts to give a better understanding of what weather to expect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The frozen forms are self-explanatory, like snow or hail, but it is liquid drops that create the most confusion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Firstly, the definition of drizzle is not related to the intensity of precipitation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">More precisely, drizzle is the technical term for extremely small water droplets less than half a millimetre in diameter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Then comes the rain-showers conundrum, and the difference between the two refers to duration and extent, and not intensity or more specifically the type of cloud the droplets spawned in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A cumulonimbus cloud formation\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8fd5b21772e88fdc7f8416ac7e4daeff.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Showers fall from cumuliform clouds. (ABC News: Andrew O&#8217;Connor)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Showers fall from cumuliform clouds; the puffy looking clouds that are often separated by blue sky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Cumuliform clouds often bring no rain or only a brief light shower, but when they grow into towering cumulus congestus or cumulonimbus (thunderstorms), precipitation can be torrential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">And when heavy showers and thunderstorms are frequent, 100 millimetres or more could fall in a day, but it is still classified as showers as long as precipitation does not simultaneously engulf an entire region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Rain on the other hand normally falls from stratiform cloud, which is when the entire sky is overcast and precipitation is falling over a broad region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">But rain, like showers, can range from just a drop or two, through light, moderate, grading to heavy or torrential. It all depends on the weather system at play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Precipitation types are differentiated in forecasts to give a better understanding of what weather to expect. 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