1) Yes. Often in the high areas (Thaymount, and the slopes of the Sunset Mountains), uncommonly on the plateau (“High Thay”) where hoar frosts and brief sleet storms are more common than snow that falls and stays (except where… #Realmslore

2) …the sun doesn’t directly reach), and rarerly elsewhere. In Thay, ground fogs at night due to day/night temperature differences are more common than “real” precipitation, and snow or summer rain, real precipitation tends to be… #Realmslore

3) …brief. Sometimes heavy, but short-lived due to moving fast. It keeps humidity down, and Thayans used to being able to see the “front” (a wall or plume of falling rain) of a storm approaching, or receding into the distance. #Realmslore

4) That’s natural weather, before the Red Wizards start casting spells to affect the weather for agricultural reasons. They favor steady downpours at night, soaking rains for crops that also hamper marauding monsters, brigands, … #Realmslore

5) …and Thayan rebels or anyone else seeking to move around and do things without being seen by the Red Wizards, the Probity Corps, or government-hire spies. #Realmslore

One more quick question: do those steady downpours extend to the cities like Eltabbar?

Rarely. Usually only when resident Red Wizards complain of dust, lowering wells, and parched heat. #Realmslore