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Osee Posted 18 years ago
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showers, rain, sprinkles

0In whether report, I often see they differentiate these words to show levels of rain. Can you rank these words for me from low to high? Thanks a lot.0-
  

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Hi,

The meaning of 'sprinkle' is given earlier in this thread.

Clive
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A sprinkle is when you're outside, it starts lightly raining, and you are about ready to head inside, and the rain stops just then. Also called spitting.

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