Minecraft Beta Update 1.5 to Include Weather Effects

Since everyone knows that Minecraft's made a cool $33 million so far, Notch has taken it on himself to, in the fashion of a rock star, make it rain. In a series on Twitter this morning, Notch revealed that Minecraft beta update 1.5 will include precipitation in the game, which could possibly be a game-changing feature, such as watering crops, putting out fires or filling small holes with water and moistening wolves. By the way, "Moistening Wolves", is the name of our brand new indie noise-rock band.

Notch included an image of the weather effects that occur at the border of two in-game biomes, showing off an imaginary world where distinct snow and rain systems are allowed to be friends and hang out. Wikimedia To determine if this phenomenon could be replicated in real life, we contacted our local meteorologist. He literally exploded.