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the sky's way of reminding you that umbrellas are optimistic suggestions, not promises
means A heavy, sudden fall of rain that comes down in sheets rather than drops.
from A plain English compound, bolted together from 'down' and 'pour' — both old, homely words. 'Pour' itself is a bit of a mystery: it surfaces in Middle English meaning to flow freely, but its earlier roots are murky, possibly with a nod toward Old French or a Celtic source. 'Downpour' as a single word is the newcomer, an 18th-century coinage that does exactly what it says: rain pouring down. No metaphor needed — the weather wrote this one.
- falling speed
- Large raindrops hit at about 20 mph
- not teardrops
- Drops are flat-bottomed, like tiny hamburger buns
- petrichor
- That after-rain smell comes from soil bacteria
- record rate
- Réunion Island got 6 feet in one day
- weight aloft
- A storm cloud can hold millions of pounds of water