If you stepped outside either during the morning or afternoon Wednesday, you may have noticed your car was a little dirtier ...
When water falls from a cloud, it is precipitation. Liquid precipitation is rain or freezing rain. If the drops are smaller than half a millimeter across, it is drizzle or freezing drizzle.
Looks like rain… Yeah - pretty brutal ... breaking it into smaller drops. NARRATION: As the water falls, it meets air resistance and the larger the lump of water the more resistance it experiences.