Thank you for creating & sharing.
Never posted this idea in Suggestions prior to seeing this thread, but during play, many times I thought the default rain & snow visualization was indeed too blocking.
Good to have this mod for now but I hope this (or a variation) gets implemented in the vanilla game, in the future.
Edit: I have posted the idea of this mod, as a suggestion, to be implemented in the vanilla game, here:
https://www.unrealworld.fi/forums/index.php?topic=6985.0