What determines the size of rain drops???

Subject: What determines the size of rain drops???

Date: Mon Dec 2 17:21:45 1996
Posted by Myron Cagan
Grade level: nonaligned
School: parent with a question
City: Sunnyvale State/Province: CA
Country: US
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 849568905.Es

Message:

My 8 year old daughter asked this question.  I thought it had 
something to do with the wind carrying droplets 
and allowing them to grow.  Eventually they would be too heavy to
remain aloft.  This is analogous to why hail stones are larger in 
intense thunderstorms.  Am I correct?????

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