MOLINE, Ill. — Since childhood, many of us have grown up wth the impression that raindrops have a teardrop appearance to them. Even our weather computer gives off this impression with a ...

MISSOULA. Mont. — When we think of raindrops, the classic image of a teardrop may come to mind. Is this truth or a weather myth? Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs explains as he dives into the science of ...

FARGO — You may think you know what a raindrop looks like but it is not the traditional teardrop shape that often comes to mind. The movie Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs may have been onto ...

Everyone knows that a raindrop is shaped like a teardrop, right? Well, not so fast. While a teardrop is used to depict a raindrop in most instances, an actual raindrop is round when small. Raindrops ...

Close your eyes and think about the shape of a raindrop. You probably think of the teardrop shape don't you? Well sadly, everything we learned growing up about the shape of a raindrop is false. It ...

Way up high in the atmosphere, dust and smoke particles suspended in clouds create places where moisture can settle and form into drops. The drops sitting up here are like little globes of water, ...

Take a look at depictions of raindrops in movies, artwork, and coloring books - from spheres of water to tear drop shapes, renditions of rain vary quite a bit! Though we can't tell with our naked eyes ...

Raindrops are shaped like teardrops, right? Wrong! Let's discover rain's true shape. What do raindrops look like? Exactly how we drew them as kids, right? Wrong! Teardrop-shaped rain is physically ...