Got a good word for when it's just barely raining?

[struggle4progress]

Had some thunder and a few drops are coming down -- but hardly anything

[ohiosmith]

1. Spritzing.

[Rhythm]

7. That's mine, too... n/t

[HopeHoops]

2. Misting? Sprinkling? Pissing?

[frogmarch]

3. Sprinkling is what I say when it's like that.

[rrneck]

4. Threateming.

And when it finally does rain it's doing it out of frustration.

[applegrove]

5. Isn't it called 'spitting'?

[emilyg]

12. I call it Angel spit.

[gratuitous]

6. In Oregon, we call that . . .

Summer.

[LiberalEsto]

8. mizzleing

[av8rdave]

9. Interestingly, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) weather code for mist is "BR"

We're always interpreted it variously as "Barely Raining," "British Rain," or "Baby Rain."

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Drizzling.

[dbt]

11. In Ireland they call it

Soft Weather.

:loveya:

[freshwest]

13. 'Scattered drizzle' was the weather man's standard term where I grew up.

[pokerfan]

14. mizzle

We Washingtonians have about 500 different words for rain. :)