I experienced golf ball size hail in South Florida in the early 80s. They were actually four or five marble size hail that froze/fused together into golf ball size. They dented the hood of my car, but the dent was the size and shape of one of the frozen marbles. I.e. it looked like someone threw a marble really hard at the car. But fused together, they were golf ball size hail when they fell.
i've always enjoyed the mental visualisation of "today we're expecting 50mm of rain" in which the rain falls as a solid layer 50mm thick. Thats alot of water and it would cause alot of damage
Imagine if they could grow arbitrarily large. Would change a lot about our interactions with the world on rainy days... and architecture of our buildings, etc. :-) -Daven
@@some_haqr Yes, it would. Extremely large raindrops would actually be very dangerous. You need to learn to appreciate scientific ponderings and realize that smoking weed is a good thing.
"Star Trek: Voyager" had a pilot episode where they found a planet without nucliogenic particles (because of alien technology) and it was all desert. I thought they made that up as some science nonsense to explain why a planet went from wet to water-less. I'm glad to know there actually is a reason why the planet is the way it is.
Very informative....thank you. Living near the mountains at over 3000 ft., we sometimes would get a heavy rain starting with just a few very large drops. They made quite the noise hitting hard surfaces. I was told these drops started as hail that melted before reaching the ground
Fun Fact: Raindrops don't look like the traditional teardrop shape as they fall. They look more like the top half of a hamburger bun. The shape has a lot to do with air drag forces and the surface tension of the water droplet.
You're assuming the jellyfish shape is caused by the downward pressure of the water against static wind. What about high winds and the drops are push by two different forces from different directions. Or a downpour, where the wind comes from above and helps push the raindrop down. Not proof, just hypothesis.
Once, when I was a kid, a rain cloud passed over us on a beautiful summer day when I was playing outside. I remember that the drops were huge! So big they hurt when they hit you! Never seen anything like that again
So we’re still misconstruing the illustration of a water droplet as wrong when it’s intended to depict water in the process of dripping from something but hasn’t detached from the object’s surface? Got ya. I feel like this factoid is a litmus test to help you know who has common sense and who dodges it at every chance.
I remember raindrops close to the size of a table tenis ball, with big distance between them, on 15/08/2014 while waiting for a concert to start. I foud the date by searching the band and the the event in my city. My memory is not that good. 😁
If watching to the very end helps, why do you have 8 to 10 seconds of music at the end? Why don’t you say thank you for watching the end and then cut off?
I enjoy the random facts you dig up (or drop on us😂) I’m sure the scientists were studying clouds and meteorological effects and this was just a small aspect of their research (this is meant for those who mock the science). I will now sound like the erudite at the next family function - unless my nephew - the meteorologist - is there. Thanks for the video!
@@Mercnotforhire I just stated that this channel is not Simon's exclusively. Didn't mean to come off harsh. If I did then you have my apologies. Cheers
What about in a vacuum? I thought... In a vacuum, a water droplet can't grow significantly larger than a typical droplet due to rapid evaporation. As soon as the water is exposed to the vacuum, it evaporates quickly, meaning the maximum size would be extremely small, likely only a few nanometers in diameter, as the molecules escape into the vacuum. You can ask Google pretty much anything, and it'll give you an answer, but it's not as fun as watching your videos. 👍
Probably depends on your definition of a vacuum. Any 'vacuum' (without a modifier, like "rough" or "low") worthy of the scientific sense of the word, would prevent any condensation of water. Look at the Phase Diagram for water -- essentially, liquid water is impossible below ~ 0.01 Atm (one hundredth of sea-level air pressure). That paltry level of vacuum was already achievable in the 1800s using vacuum pumps.
Fun fact... The United States doesn't make pennies; our currency is made up of cents. That's why a dollar is made up of 100 cents and a quarter says 25 cents
Ain't the rain, but the golf-sized hail that gets you.
I experienced golf ball size hail in South Florida in the early 80s.
They were actually four or five marble size hail that froze/fused together into golf ball size.
They dented the hood of my car, but the dent was the size and shape of one of the frozen marbles. I.e. it looked like someone threw a marble really hard at the car.
But fused together, they were golf ball size hail when they fell.
Actually,your mom is what gets me...Off lol
"golf-sized"
You've left this open to some fun reinterpretation.
Golf *ball* sized? Golf *cart* sized? Golf *COURSE* sized!? :P
@@Monody512 18 hole sized.
Try cricket or baseball size (for you Americans).
i've always enjoyed the mental visualisation of "today we're expecting 50mm of rain" in which the rain falls as a solid layer 50mm thick. Thats alot of water and it would cause alot of damage
oh my god I've had the exact same image in my head!
I bless the equivalent to a artillery strike rain coming down on my head
Daven, great video on a topic rarely covered.
Great, now I'll finally be able to sleep tonight after finally figuring out * checks notes * ...how big the biggest raindrop can be.
Imagine if they could grow arbitrarily large. Would change a lot about our interactions with the world on rainy days... and architecture of our buildings, etc. :-) -Daven
@@TodayIFoundOut you mean... BRUTAL BRUTALISM? The ultimate unexplored architectural wonder of cement blocks!
@@TodayIFoundOutwould it really? :/
Also quit the weed dude this is supposed to be science not the ponderings of a stoned student
@@some_haqr These ponderings are sometimes what leads to the science. And yes, it would, really.
@@some_haqr Yes, it would. Extremely large raindrops would actually be very dangerous. You need to learn to appreciate scientific ponderings and realize that smoking weed is a good thing.
"Star Trek: Voyager" had a pilot episode where they found a planet without nucliogenic particles (because of alien technology) and it was all desert. I thought they made that up as some science nonsense to explain why a planet went from wet to water-less.
I'm glad to know there actually is a reason why the planet is the way it is.
Or shit, is that how Arrakis in Dune went from being a water planet to nothing but desert?
My dad was Chem engineer. I remember arguing with him about the nucleotion needed for drops to form.
I must have been frustrating 😂
Feels like a throwback. I like it
Very informative....thank you. Living near the mountains at over 3000 ft., we sometimes would get a heavy rain starting with just a few very large drops. They made quite the noise hitting hard surfaces. I was told these drops started as hail that melted before reaching the ground
Imagine being in Brazil or the Marshall Islands and knowing there were raindrops the size of a penny falling above you
Except literally no one knew about it at the time, and none of those extra big raindrops reached the ground that big.
Fun Fact: Raindrops don't look like the traditional teardrop shape as they fall. They look more like the top half of a hamburger bun.
The shape has a lot to do with air drag forces and the surface tension of the water droplet.
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He says it in the video
@@kameronjones7139 I know
How big the biggest raindrop can be, until a bigger one comes along and says _Hold my __-beer-__ Water_
I always wondered how some rain can be big enough to come down as a proper blatter, but some comes down as drizzle.
Whoa. A short one today.
Ironic for a topic on how big something can get. :-) -Daven
Brevity IS the soul of wit, after all!
That’s what she said!
@@TodayIFoundOut was the video truncated at the beginning?
@@martimlobaosounds like it.... also, weird to thank us for watching "all the way to the end" of a 4 minute video...
Audio level on the video was too low... interesting though
Being from Washington, I bet Daven loved looking into this. We should have more rain videos.
The best host is back. Boo-yah. ❤❤
You're assuming the jellyfish shape is caused by the downward pressure of the water against static wind. What about high winds and the drops are push by two different forces from different directions.
Or a downpour, where the wind comes from above and helps push the raindrop down.
Not proof, just hypothesis.
A question I never knew I needed answered. Ok, Daven, educate me!
Once, when I was a kid, a rain cloud passed over us on a beautiful summer day when I was playing outside. I remember that the drops were huge! So big they hurt when they hit you! Never seen anything like that again
You overlooked the limitations of universal forces on the surface tension of the drops.
It's not the size that gets me. But they do keep falling on my head
As predicted in the movie Bowfinger
What is the terminal velucity & displacement of an 8cm drop?
Rain could be lethal!
This man terrifies me
i'll use this info to bet which raindrop will hit the bottom of the windowsill,
My biological father grew up in the Marshall Islands in the 60's.
So we’re still misconstruing the illustration of a water droplet as wrong when it’s intended to depict water in the process of dripping from something but hasn’t detached from the object’s surface? Got ya. I feel like this factoid is a litmus test to help you know who has common sense and who dodges it at every chance.
I have always wondered whats the smallest size of a flame and why
"Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!"
If drop size depends on fall speed vs air then how big could rain get on Mars if it had an Earth atmosphere?
Short but sweet - I want to come back as a raindrop instead of a human! Sounds like a nice journey.
That was interesting!!
I can't stand the rain against my window
Bringing back sweet memories
This is way more fun than working
So raindrops form similarly to a pearl. Cool.
Ah, so that explains cloud seeding.
I remember raindrops close to the size of a table tenis ball, with big distance between them, on 15/08/2014 while waiting for a concert to start. I foud the date by searching the band and the the event in my city. My memory is not that good. 😁
Pity you didn't discuss raindrop speeds😕, but thanks regardless👍
Raindrop speds? You're a little sped lol
@@jeffdroog Amazon hand-held keyboard - fails to reg double keystrokes 😐
If watching to the very end helps, why do you have 8 to 10 seconds of music at the end? Why don’t you say thank you for watching the end and then cut off?
So you can watch more,for more watch time...Obviously lol
It's supposed to have a recommendation for another video in that slot. :-) -Daven
So if there were no dust or salt, etc, to become a nuclei, would the water vapor never condensate?
Yeah...Did you not watch the video?
Good to see someone asking the important questions 😂💧
So now the rain can inflict me with more brain damage and wash me? Life sucks
I may get hungry every time it rains now 😂🤷♀️ with raindrops being the shape of hamburger buns
So when I say "big fat raindrops" it is really a thing. Who would have thought
I enjoy the random facts you dig up (or drop on us😂) I’m sure the scientists were studying clouds and meteorological effects and this was just a small aspect of their research (this is meant for those who mock the science). I will now sound like the erudite at the next family function - unless my nephew - the meteorologist - is there. Thanks for the video!
We can always rely on this channel to answer the questions that matter
Who woke up and said "Im gonna measure raindrops today"?
New semi-short form content from one of Simon’s channels? Hell yeah
It's not Simon's channel. It's jointly owned with Daven. Get with the times.
Well,not everything takes 30 minutes to explain lol
@@Hillbilly001 Sorry, point to where I asked?
@@Mercnotforhire I just stated that this channel is not Simon's exclusively. Didn't mean to come off harsh. If I did then you have my apologies. Cheers
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Okay but, how are they measured?
thanks
How big can a droplet get on Mars?
I can hear Americans asking "What is a millimetre" 😉
What about in a vacuum? I thought... In a vacuum, a water droplet can't grow significantly larger than a typical droplet due to rapid evaporation. As soon as the water is exposed to the vacuum, it evaporates quickly, meaning the maximum size would be extremely small, likely only a few nanometers in diameter, as the molecules escape into the vacuum. You can ask Google pretty much anything, and it'll give you an answer, but it's not as fun as watching your videos. 👍
Probably depends on your definition of a vacuum. Any 'vacuum' (without a modifier, like "rough" or "low") worthy of the scientific sense of the word, would prevent any condensation of water.
Look at the Phase Diagram for water -- essentially, liquid water is impossible below ~ 0.01 Atm (one hundredth of sea-level air pressure). That paltry level of vacuum was already achievable in the 1800s using vacuum pumps.
@@fewwiggle Yeah, that's awesome. For some reason, I would still rather watch a video of someone explaining it to me, go figure.
I figure it's mostly a question of margin of error in measuring equipment.
Rain drop drop top , Cincinnati zoo made herambe heart stop
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"Watch till the end, helps with the youtube gods" .....16 second blue screen at the end 🤣
The largest one is down here 🌚
Raindrops just wish they could look like -starfishes.... Love you guys!!!!
Good job they don't get that big, or we might never have had the song "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"!! 🤣
Voice so low but fun video!
I wonder if I’m the only one who thought “Chubby Rain” from Bowfinger
You are!
The thumbnail, That's what she said 🤣
Mate I know it's your channel, but please just leave it to Simon to present the videos
If you have a sore throat, it’s okay to delay the recording a few days.
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But the US doesn't have a penny?
Huh?
@@kameronjones7139 It's a cent.
Move over Simon Whistler, Daven Whisper is here! (audio might have been a bit quiet, or is it just me?)
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Fun fact... The United States doesn't make pennies; our currency is made up of cents. That's why a dollar is made up of 100 cents and a quarter says 25 cents
A cent,is also known as penny...Think,the Lincoln penny lol
Canadian money says cents on it too,but we still call them pennies lol That's not a fact,just something you thought up.
wut
Lol, I love how the whole video all I heard was Science science ScIeNce SCIENCE! And you're absolutely right! Science....
Chubby Rain … anyone? anyone?
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Sounds like some of those scientists have just a little too much time on their hands.
Why does the word science look so weird?! 😭
@cameronjadewallace Don't know. Why? 😴
@@Hillbilly001 I'm sure there's some etymology reason for it..... Or because they made a word that's as crazy as science is
Beats sitting on a barstool, talking like a damn fool, with the 12 o'clock news blues. . I guess. . .
@@JELazarus I reckon so. Ah well. They're probably Bud Light drinkers anyway.
No Simon, buh bye.
Huge raindrops do exist, we call them hail.
Video started halfway into the opening sentence. Nice editing .Close the channel.
Rain drops are proof that Jesus loves us
Dang first comment?
No.Bots got here first.
wtf is a millimeter can we at leat git annotation od a real measurement
lol the metric system