Hey Ray! Explaining The Difference In Precipitation Terms In Weather Forecasts

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When meteorologists give weather forecasts, we use words as a way of describing how precipitation will arrive in the area.
When I tell my daughter Elizabeth, “You are asking to be grounded”, that doesn’t mean she’s grounded yet, but the chances are going up!
It is sort of the same with rain and thunderstorms, so you should pay close attention to the whole description.
To show the differences between the precipitation descri