Clouds and preciptationby: fawn martin

Cloud formation

temperature changes even with heat

Cooling and heating in unsaturated air is called dry adiabatic rate

If the air is saturated it cools slow then when its not saturated

weather images/animations

Orographic lifting

Air comes when elevated terrains

mountains, act like a wall to air flow

This makes the air toAscend

Metric Mechanic - Surface Turbulance

A front

A front is mostly based on cold and warm air

cold acts as a wall As warm air is

letting warm air rise

Weather dictionary

Convergence

Convergence is lifting the air

Lifting air forms in the atmosphere

They all flow together

http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter11/of_warm.html

Localized convection lifting

Localized convection lifting comes when pockets of air form

Also when the heating's earths surface warms up

This makes the pockets density lower

http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect14/Sect14_1c.html

Stable air tends

Air temperature increases with high

When you go on top of hill the air get colder

When you on flat ground the air is warmer Atmospheric Stability

and Instability

condensation

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-condensation-background-image1951030

When condensation comes in the air tiny bits of particulate matter

Water vapor occurs too

This is called condensation nuclei

Cloud types and precipitation

http://www.easttennesseewildflowers.com

Clouds are up high in the sky and they are thin

They may come in patches or as delicate veil

Cloud are like sheets that can cover the hole sky or most of it

High clouds

http://scienceprep.org/clouds.htm

They are often made up of ice crystals

All high clouds are thin

And white Clouds of made up

of fluffy masses

Middle clouds

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/key/?n=low_clouds

Middle clouds are sheets are light gray that cover the sky, sun, and moon

They are in the middle range that’s why they are called middle clouds

They run about 2000 to 6000 meters

Low clouds

They are fog like layers

This type of cloud is made when air is forced upwards

Low clouds occur along a mountain range

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Clouds of vertical development

These clouds my cause rain showers and thunderstorms

These clouds are powerful

They have great amount of range

http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC102Notes/102Clouds.htm

Fog caused by cooling

http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/fltenv3.htm

It’s a blanket of fog Its were its warm

and moist air They also can form

on cool, clear ,calm nights

Cold clouds

http://www.rmutphysics.com/charud/specialnews/6/clound/cloud_precip.htm

Water in the liquid below 0

Water will freeze if it touches a solid object

Clouds freeze nuclei , ice, and liquid water

Warm cloud

Water is a respect is to supersaturated

With will respect to ice Droplets are made

from bigger clouds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud

Rain and snow

http://zahiym5tlc.edublogs.org/

The meaning for rain is drops of water

Snow flakes are very low temperature

Snow flakes usually melt melt before hitting ground

Sleet, glaze, and hail

http://keep3.sjfc.edu/students/scm03254/e-port/msti%20260/glossary.html

Sleet is small particles

hail is small or big pieces of Ice

Glaze covers some thing very little

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