The area of the frontal-like cloud band is characterized by rain and rain showers. Within the area of this cloud band, which is a predestined area for a conditional unstable troposphere, thunderstorms can develop.
In the case of core convection rain showers and sometimes thunderstorms can occur.
Drizzle can occur in the case of overcast low centres.
24 January 1998/12 UTC - IR image; symbols: weather events (green: rain and
showers, blue: drizzle, cyan: snow, purple: freezing rain, red: thunderstorm
with precipitation, orange: hail, black: no actual precipitation or
thunderstorm with precipitation)