Scattered is probably more, while isolated is less.



Enjoy your welcome rain!

our famous governor, ugh, walker, has determined our area as drought stricken, so we'll get relief from the Federal Government.......it's really bad here...and this rain for the next 5 days will help so much.

forecast area likely to receive precipitation:

http://www.wafb.com/story/6488329/isolated-vs-scattered-showers

I'm bookmarking it for further reference and to tell my friends. We all talk about it, but now, I'll be able to say for certain what it is. Thank you so much.

They are the result of convective air currents that force moisture vertically. So they start to appear during the warmer part of the day and generally go away once the sun goes down. They also tend to stay in once place until they dissipate.

Scattered have more fun.

term. For field observations there were the choices of Clear - Scattered Clouds - Broken Clouds - Overcast.
My guess is that's an old and useful classification system.

various places skipping other places entirely? Just a guess. I never really thought about it.