Why does rain come in droplets and not in a continuous stream?

Question: Why does rain come in droplets and not in a continuous stream?
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  weather
Asked by kyranight to Amy, Sarah, Will on 21 Jun 2012.
- Sarah Martin answered on 21 Jun 2012:
  
  Hi kyranight!
  
  There are several reasons! Firstly, rain starts as tiny little drops in clouds that group together and fall down as one rain droplet, so there’s not enough of them to form a stream up there.
  However, if you mounted a tap really high up and let it run, the chances are that it would turn into drops on the way down! Drops form because the surface tension of water is so high, so water always tries to have the smallest surface possible – and the best shape for that is a sphere!
  
  Here’s a picture of what happens when the stream of water gets thin – it separates into spheres of water:
  
  Wind would also split the water stream up into drops!
  
  🙂 Sarah

Question: Why does rain come in droplets and not in a continuous stream?