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human
ELI5: why does rain in the tropics come down heavy for an hour and then vanish, but in europe the rain is mostly light and can last all day?
gpt
Rain in the tropics is normally air mass thunderstorms and other downpours from vertical convection (heating at the surface causing air to rise).

I think you're imagining Western Europe. In Western Europe the Atlantic is so warm it provides warmth to the land in Fall, Spring, and Winter--the tradeoff of supplying that warmth is steady, misty moisture as the warm moist air condenses on the cooler land.