Why is it that Google is telling me the current weather is "light rain" when it has been a downpour off and on all afternoon, I've heard thunder, seen lightening, and the national weather service is telling me about flood and tornado warnings?
I think someone is trying to piss on my shoe and tell me its raining
Posted by Princess Cat at November 16, 2006 03:24 PM @ 03:24 PM in What the Crap? // Permalink | TrackBackSorry. I really had to go and couldn't find the bathroom.
Posted by: Ogre at November 17, 2006 10:55 AM'Light rain' has nothing to do with the severity of weather at hand. The words are used to describe the measured amount of rain in a given time frame - usually an hour.
Rain severity definition used by the National Weather Service:
Light = up to 0.25 cm per hour
Moderate = 0.28 to 0.76 cm per hour
Heavy = greater than 0.76 cm per hour
'Heavy' rain is such a downpour that you probably couldn't see across the street through it.
Posted by: Jared at November 21, 2006 09:16 PM