Salty Vs. Fresh Water

Rainwater is condensed from evaporated water from all sources. Waterspouts do suck up some seawater, but they are diluted by the freshwater in the rain.

True. The important thing is that salt gets taken up in the liquid phase. The vapour phase is largely free of salt.

Hello aussiviking

Fish, frogs, birds, and jellyfish, have fallen from clouds, after being sucked up by a waterspout.

Further information on Raining animals

The salt content of seawater sucked up by a waterspout, is quickly diluted by the mass of fresh water in the cloud, as explained by other Posters above.

Thus seawater creatures, if carried far, normally fall in a dead state.

Fish and other small creatures may be carried for hundreds of miles, in a major storm, and can be a danger to aircraft passing through such a storm.

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I figure it would be noteworthy to mention that fresh water would boil and evaporate at much lower temperatures than seawater.

If there are going to be clouds, I'd expect you would have to first evaporate all the fresh water before we start evaporating any sea water.

Am I wrong?

Hello again, robert_cameron_jr

A good and simple weblink is here: Water Cycle

When you've read that, and clicked on the hyperlinks there, you should easily understand how the system was designed to work so well.

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The terms <...evaporation...> and <...boiling...> are two terms for the same thing: the turning of liquid to vapour by the application of a source of heat. In <...evaporation...>, the heat source is dilute, such as incoming sunshine; in <...boiling...> the source of heat is more intense, such as a fire or an electric element..

Sparky, water also evaporates below freezing, through a process called sublimation.

Hello Fierce Allegiance

Thank you for mentioning that process of water sublimation.

That sublimation process, like any evaporative process of water, does depend on the humidity level in the air at the time.

High Humidity, and your block of ice increases in mass, low humidity and your block of ice decreases in mass.

A marvellously designed system, which evens out things rather well.

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<...fresh water would boil and evaporate at much lower temperatures than seawater....>

Nope. There is no significant difference. All that happens is that the water just boils/evaporates and leaves the salt behind. Steam tables can be applied just as well to salt water as they can to fresh.

The clouds and precipitation are from evaporation of water. However, there is some salt taken up into the atmosphere, primarily due to wind action associated with waves, etc. One can detect salt in the air quite a long way from the oceans.

But that still doesn't negate the scientific fact that storms are caused by Odin, and thunder and lightening by Thor!!! I know, 'cause I've seen the comic book.