Drizzle forms by coalescence in stratiform clouds with depths possibly less than 1000 feet and with only weak vertical motion, otherwise the small ( 0.2 - 0.5 mm) drops would be unable to fall.
Drizzle. Rain in which the drops are very small.
Drogue. A conical canvas sleeve open at both ends with a metal hoop at the larger end, used as a sea anchor by seaplanes.
Freezing Drizzle
Fairly uniform precipitation composed exclusively of fine drops (diameter less than 0.5 mm [0.02in]) very close together which freezes upon impact with the ground or other exposed objects.
Freezing Fog ...
With drizzle and freezing rain, where the droplet is still liquid with temperatures below zero, the risk is the greatest. These conditions promote rapidly increasing clear ice, making flights dangerous.
Automated airport weather stations report freezing rain via the resonant frequency of a vibrating rod. The resonant frequency decreases with increasing accretion (additional mass) of ice, hoarfrost, freezing fog, freezing drizzle, rime, or wet snow.
Not only are there many different kinds of precipitation that can form but it can also fall to the Earth in different ways. Snow, sleet, hail, ice, rain, mist, fog, freezing rain, and drizzle are all forms of rain.
 See also: Weight, Wind, Navigation, Section, Aviation
  
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