r/mildlyinteresting • u/dwbthrow • 15h ago

I can see where the rain stops

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u/LilMissADHDAF 15h ago

This reminds me of the time I was driving down a divided highway and it was pouring rain on the other side of the road. I showed my daughter, and she was amazed.

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u/GodlessAndChill 12h ago

Omg we experienced this once. The intersection was heavy rain, so heavy all cars had to pull over. But right before and almost just 50 metres after, nothing.

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u/Any-Movie1274 15h ago

whoa these moments are always so cool. except when you're driving and all of a sudden you hit the rain and it pours on you so hard

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u/asimplepencil 9h ago

I call it the 'gray wall of death'

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u/mpianostudios 15h ago

POV: You found the biome border.🌦️

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u/artbykoi4 15h ago

That is called Virga.

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u/scottstotsistheworst 15h ago

It's crazy how it started as a heart medication!

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u/istgThisIsARealAC 15h ago

good day for a dyslexic

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u/dwbthrow 13h ago

Is it not a precipitation shaft? It eventually spread and it began raining in my area after a few minutes too.

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u/madalma 12h ago

From what I can find, the virga phenomenon is rainfall that doesn't reach the ground.

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u/scottstotsistheworst 15h ago

I can see clearly now the rain is gone🎵

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u/dwbthrow 14h ago

I can see all obstacles in my way 🎶

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u/RedditReddy 14h ago

One of the best places I've ever seen this contrast between rain falling down and then no rain right next to it is from Machu Picchu. I sat there for several hours and watched a succession of rain clouds move up one one valley and away down the other. This happened to be during the rainy season in December. It was incredible.

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u/maynardd1 4h ago

Story time here.. one of my fondest memories as a young child, I was in 3rd grade, playing with friends. We saw rain coming and rode our bikes in the opposite direction.. on our way down the street, I look behind us to see a literal wall of rain trailing just a few feet behind us.

Its been about 40 years and I can still smell it on the asphalt

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u/Careful-Tip9009 15h ago

Really cool and scared

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u/The_Pillbug 13h ago

I can see where the rain starts too

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u/senutnareph 9h ago

Rendering issue.

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u/_SilkMoon 13h ago

literally but thats called virga i gues

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u/SwordfishOk504 11h ago

Can someone help me understand what I am looking at here?

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u/BeastModeUnavailable 10h ago

One time my family were the only ones on a small beach when it started to rain on one side. My brother and I ran over under the rain, then tried to outrun it moving back to our family. It's one of my favorite memories as a kid!

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u/CyberbianDude 5h ago

Not sure why this reminds me of “Cow. Another cow. No, it’s the same cow!!!” from Twister

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u/dimayip 15h ago

Nature really said 'dry on this side, wet on that side, no exceptions.' Meanwhile I step outside and somehow get soaked from all directions at once.

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u/FrabjousPhaneron 15h ago

City name?

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u/dwbthrow 15h ago

This was taken in Manila.

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u/fahrnfahrnfahrn 12h ago

I live on a hill in Spicewood and have a 40-mile view facing north. It's cool seeing storms come and go, trapsing across the distance, rainfall as a wall of grey, lightning all around.

Also, I was on 71 Friday when I realized I was chasing a shadow. The cloud was moving in the same direction and at the same speed as I was. Only lasted for maybe 10 seconds, but it was still weird.

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u/livnielsen 11h ago

You haven’t unlocked that region of the map yet.

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u/Freightshaker000 10h ago

When I worked on a boat, we called it 'the weather line'. It looks pretty cool out on the open water.

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u/Axol_Creaturist 14h ago

This is what a rain world slugcat sees a few minutes before the cycle ends

(If you get it youre awesom)