Why do we smell rain, when it coming soon?
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Actually...the smell you detect is ozone.  Air is ionized with ozone when CO2 (carbon dioxide) loses the carbon molecule (usually related to friction in up and down drafts within a vortex).  The byproduct is O2, or ozone.  You get the same smell when you use an Ionic Breeze air purifier.
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Let me just tell you weather wise it hasn't stop raining for the last two weeks, and its very humid.  Other than that come on over =0)
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It rains when the air can no longer hold onto the moisture in an evaporated, cloud form.  It can be cold and rainy, mild and rainy, or hot, muggy and rainy.  \n\nMoisture moves on the air currents. During winter, rain usually comes when it is cold because the air currents bring COLD air from the far north (remember the "jet stream" they talk about on the news?)  But when air currents from the tropics move overhead, temperatures are warmer because it isn't cold in the tropics. And tropical air often brings a huge amount of rain (think hurricanes).\n\nDuring summer, if there is moisture in the air, a lot of moisture, it condenses and turns into liquid form (rain) when temperatures and moisture content of the clouds reaches the right combination.
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Because the water funnels the sulfur dioxide (or whatever gasses cause the SMELL) right to your nose, instead of letting the gasses diffuse through the air, like when you fart OUT of the tub.
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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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So the rain dosent get confused
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because its the day summer starts :-D
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It does, tho not necessarily rain that's made of water. It could be acid rain or something like that.
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I'm not completely sure, but I do know that the ring signals that the next day will be rainy. Perhaps it has something to do with an incoming front. Or a rise in humidity.
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Wow. If the air at ground level is very dry, the rain will evaporate before it can hit the ground. This is called "virga."
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because the more water it absorbs that days go by\nit starts to smell like mildew.
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I love the smell and taste of the air when the thunder storm and raining real hard.\nI love the sound of the rain hitting the house and the ground\nI love to sit under the porch roof and some times close my eyes and just take in all the feelings my senses are sending me, like i said the smell, the tastes the feelings on my body the sounds you can hear and feel when the thunder comes close enough to make the ground move...and of course your heart, your heart beings to beat much harder and faster when the storm comes closer..and if you can sit with your eyes closed, you have a much greater sensation and your senses go off the chart.....you can feel your heart and then you can hear your heart in between the booms of the thunder,\nI just love it...\nand at night it is even much more of a visual sensation...\nand if your lucky enough to be sitting and hugging someone, this is even better for the two of you.....\n\ngood luck\nsmile\nhave fun\nand\nGod Bless
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No, it means that you should take your umbrella with you, because the humidity in the air, and the pressure system suggest it could rain.  Weather prediction isn't exact science, so basically... they never KNOW for a fact if it is raining or not... no matter what percent they give.
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Actually, the micro-organisms in the soil emanate some gases when their lifeline, water reaches them. U dont need a rain for that smell. Water ur garden, u will start smellin it in 1 min.
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yes , rain washes  dust and pollen out of the air
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because you forgot your umbrella?\nor you talking personally?\n\nmaybe its the sound of rain against your roof turns you on, i dunno no
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Several things:  rotting leaves in moisture send up molecules of odor.  They are blown on the wind.  Gentle rains bounce off of leaves, where spores have settled, wind then move them.  In some places dampness puts plant esters into the wind.  The aromas after a rain, or in a damp forest, or even your back yard are caused by them being wafted into the air, then moved by the wind.  No such aromas exist out on  the ocean.....And your allergies go away too....  Spores, pollens and esters all cause allergies, but they are the aromas of plant life.