With Power (to Buy Stuff) Comes Great Responsibility

There's a new Green Hornet movie coming out, although it looks like direct-to-DVD quality:

It's interesting how Kato's competence, relative to his boss, has changed over the years. I listened to the old radio shows and Kato, while clearly second-fiddle, was a smart and a capable guy. In the 60s TV show (which I haven't seen) Bruce Lee's character was so much better in a fight that folks wondered what the Green Hornet was good for. In today's movie it looks like the Hornet can't even use his gas gun properly, and Kato treats his "boss" with polite condescension.

It recalls an old idea I had of a superhero team member, a guy who had a job and an apartment where his team-mates could sleep and put their leotards on. (This was no doubt inspired by Arthur in The Tick.) Today the Green Hornet is just a schmuck who buys stuff to help Kato kick-ass. It reflects a more egalitarian take on the world, and I think it's more realistic, too. Ask yourself, who would make a better superhero: Paris Hilton, or your average struggling community college student? I'd vote for the second myself, as long as someone else was paying the girl's bills.

Meteorology Bleg

New York is going through another warm spell, and people often respond to these by saying, "man, I can't wait for the rain to come and cool things off!"

I always thought this was a bit of spurious correlation: While the water has a short term cooling effect, rain itself doesn't lead to milder weather; instead the rain is caused by the drop in temperature. Here's what I thought happened:

1. A cold front moves into an area of warm, moist air;
   
2. The warm air is pushed up above the cold air;
   
3. It cools as it rises;
   
4. As it cools, small droplets of water condense;
   
5. which fall as rain.

Is this more or less correct, or am I missing something?