Subject: terminal velocity of rain

i wanted to find out the terminal velocity of rain so that i could figure
out how fast i have to be driving so that no gear will get wet in the back
of my pickup. perhaps if either of these sources explained the formula used
to calculate terminal velocity, then i could check on my own.

there appears to be an error regarding the estimated terminal velocity of
rain on this url (2-9 cm/s):
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/oct98/908312915.Ph.r.html

i'm not an expert, but this seems way to slow! over 10 seconds for rain to
fall one meter? no way, not in this city (vancouver). snow falls faster than
that.

this url from 1995 seems to be closer (1 m/s). perhaps the source above
meant to say m/s instead of cm/s?
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/may96/816819255.Ph.r.html

Ryan Knowles

Re: terminal velocity of rain