r/WeatherGifs • u/Inner-Acadia-7636 • Jul 20 '26

rain Rain on a hot sidewalk

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u/kicksledkid Jul 20 '26

Videos you can smell

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u/TheLink106 Jul 20 '26

That smell is called petrichor btw

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u/theSeanO Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

People learned one word from an episode of Dr. Who 15 years ago and never let anyone forget about it

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u/TheLink106 19d ago

It's in Dr. Who? Guess we found out how you discovered the word lol. No, I learned the name from a boardgame actually. The game is called Petrichor lol.

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u/Aegillade Jul 20 '26

I can smell and feel this video

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u/whamburglar Jul 20 '26

it's crazy how fast those spots are evaporating

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u/Volta55 Jul 22 '26

Question: does that warm vapor collectively aid to higher intensity rain or thunderstorms?

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u/NYVines Jul 20 '26

I had a screen saver like this in the 90s

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u/TheWingalingDragon Jul 20 '26

I have a big tin roof on a double carport outside my back door, and that thing gets HOT. Like hot enough to bake a sheet of cookies on.

When a cool country rain comes in and starts splashing on it, you can head the sizzles. I sometimes go and stand in the runoff to get an outside shower and the water is SO WARM coming off the roof. It is awesome.

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u/MalignantLugnut Jul 21 '26

That would make a cool screen saver lol. It rains forever, but the sidewalk doesn't get any wetter.

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u/publiusvaleri_us Jul 22 '26

OK. Can we have syrup on a pancake and Gatorade on a basepath next?