Intense, but very brief downpours are typical in mid summer in the city.

A brief downpour of rain drenched the place and left her untouched.

The wettest month of the year is August, when thunderstorms contribute brief, heavy downpours of rain.

A brief but intense downpour early Saturday morning knocked all four grass races back onto the main track.

This hot moisture brings lightning, thunderstorms, wind, and torrential, if usually brief, downpours.

Daytime heating produces occasional thunderstorms with heavy, but brief downpours.

There were so many people, not enough johns, not enough food, no water (except from a brief downpour) and plenty of mud!!

His captain's chair had been returned to the open starboard wing after a brief tropical downpour.

Late-harvest grapes must remain on the vines well into the rainy season, and an entire crop can be wiped out by a brief downpour.

A sudden, brief downpour had just ceased, leaving the city streaked with wet reflections.