During steady rain fall do you get wetter running through it or walking at the same pace.?
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Yes you get wetter while you run in the rain - they did an episode on myth busters around it.\n\nMakes sense because you are out there in less time but still moving through the same distance, plus you are splashing water from the ground onto your clothes. And you tend to lean forwards when you run increasing hte amount of surface for water to land on.
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The water is in the form of a vapor or gas, like steam.  When the vapor becomes concentrated enough to form droplets, it turns to rain.
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do you mean adiabatic rainfall
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Yes, it's common for raindrops to collide after they start to fall. The more wind there is the more collisions are likely.
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whats with the guy that said 'no, but i jerked off'? i guess thats supposed to be clever. anyway i dont recall any 'hot' puddles but i like to go out in the rain instead of waiting til after it stops, barefoot if im just stepping outside.
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So the rain dosent get confused
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Lets go hiking - in the rain. - Ahh, summer in the peak district. Better than those crazy southerns who couldnt get rain if they lived in a rain forest!
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plenty of water and brisk walk.
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It gradually cools, and can hold less moisture, therefore it rains.
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I love the rain, it is sensual.  But when it rains too many days in a row, it makes me sleepy.
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Easy -- say the total yearly rainfall is 24 inches.\n\nOkay, in one place it rains 24 inches in one month -- and is dry the rest of the year.\n\nIn the other, it rains 2 inches per month, each and every month.\n\nExtreme examples, but obviously these would be two VERY different climates!!
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There are two answers to this question.\nThe short answer: You get more wet by running.  \n\nImagine yourself standing still in the rain, and for simplicity, the rain is falling straight down.  A certain amount of rain falls on you in a given second.  So you start to run...  By running, you still have the same amount of rain falling directly on you PLUS an additional amount of rain that YOU ran INTO.  That's why your thighs get so damn wet while the backs are relatively dry.\n\nSo yes, you get more wet by running than by standing still. \n\nHowever, now think about WHY you are running.  Probably, you're bolting for the door to your house or some shelter.\n\nIf you stand still, or walk really slowly to the door, you'll get soaked.  However, if you run for it you will briefly get more wet (by running "into" rain), but possibly less wet overall because you reduced the amount of time you're in the rain.  \n\nSo while the act of running will get you wetter at a faster rate, the outcome can let you be less wet overall if there is shelter close by.
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Very wet!\n\nTry it yourself.  Take a sprinker head and put in on a hose up as high as you can support it.  Place a bucket below.  Turn on the water and adjust it until you get your 1.5 inches per minute in the bucket.  \n\nGo stand in the flow.\n\nVery wet!
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I've run several ultra-marathons where stream crossings have been part of the course. Yes, your feet get wet. If you're wearing well fitting running shoes and good, moisture-wicking socks, then the majority of the water is shed from the shoe, and your feet, relatively quickly.\n\nAfter a few hundred yards of running beyond the stream, your feet are only slightly more wet that they would have been from sweat alone. In addition, you've had the opportunity to cool your feet, which is a real joy after having run for 10 hours.\n\nWith some experience you will find that you have one or two areas on your feet which are more likely to blister. These areas can be taped prior to the run, to reduce the abrasion of your shoes and socks. A good blister prevention/treatment kit can be purchased through Zombie Runner -- http://www.zombierunner.com/store/product3.html\n\nWhatever you do, don't wear cotton socks.
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I love the rain. I guess most people think of it as dreary and depressing, but I don't. I love being out in the rain, and I also love the sound of rain drops gently hitting the roof when I'm sleeping.
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65\n100% humidity\nsunny morning, moderate to heavy rainy afternoon, calm muggy evening.\n\nI'm taking a shower by just standing outside.\n\nsouthern NH
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You will gather more water by walking.  The Mythbusters had to try this twice, as their artificial rain was not a proper model, and when tries multiple time with real rain, the answer was that you should run.\nThe explanation -- fortunately as it makes sense -- is that if the rain is homogeneous, one can assume that whatever falls from above is exactly equivalent from what has already fallen, so that one could divide rain into two components: a field of rain drops that hover in front of you and that you simply run into, and a stream that douse from above.  The static field you will intercept no matter how fast you go: there is rain in the front of you and you hit it while moving.  But the rain that falls on you from above is a function of how long you stay in the rain, and you should try to minimize that, therefore running helps.