Drizzle can be pesky. Light to moderate showers can be refreshing. Heavy rain can be concerning if too much falls in a particular area. However, before that first raindrop falls from a cloud, it has ...

Growing up as kids, when we were asked to draw a rain drop we think of that classic tear drop shape. We never wondered how accurate that actually was. Raindrops are in fact not tear drop shaped. When ...

There are four main precipitation types, and the Philadelphia area can and does receive all types, sometimes all within a single storm. The four types of precipitation are rain, snow, sleet and ...