Shower

{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-002480",
  "term": "Shower",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definitions": [
    "Precipitation from a convective cloud, characterized by its sudden onset, rapid changes in intensity, and abrupt cessation. Showers are associated with cumuliform clouds, such as cumulus or cumulonimbus, and produce localized areas of rain, snow, or ice pellets. The sky between showers is clear or contains scattered clouds, distinguishing this precipitation type from the more continuous and widespread precipitation associated with stratiform clouds.",
    "A descriptor, SH, used to qualify precipitation characterized by the suddenness with which they start and stop, by the rapid changes of intensity, and usually by rapid changes in the appearance of the sky."
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "airmass shower"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/shower/"
}