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0Rain is generally an uncountable word. How about combining your two ideas this way:02br
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0Is it possible not to use the word storm? A storm includes strong winds and thundering,0-

0I suggested 'rainstorm' only to make your sentence more specific. Of course, you can say things such as '01i00A storm is coming in02i00' or '01i00A storm is headed our way02i00' or '01i00A storm is rolling in02i00' etc. However, none of those sentences say specifically what sort of storm is coming. 02br
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0Thanks Yankee for the reply. It seems like either you misunderstood my question or I don't understand your reply. As you said in your last post, a storm normally consists of strong winds. If I would like to emphasize a storm minus the high winds and thunder (just the rain part - mild raining), and as you said rain is uncountable, what should I say. "Rain is coming in"?0-

0 While storm can indicate high winds, a rainstorm need not. It can simply be very heavy rain, so "A rainstorm is coming" could merely be that there is a heavy shower of rain due to fall.02br
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00If you absolutely must avoid using storm, then "There is very heavy rain on the way". 0-

0Thanks Feebs!0-