Clouds and precipitation

Clouds and precipitation

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  Josh Korpics
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   When air is compacted, or is allowed to grow  When it grows, its cools; and when it compacts, it heats  Every 1000 meters from the surface of the ground, the temperature is decreased by10 degrees Altitude goes up, and temperature goes down.
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   Mountains act like a shield to prevent air flow. This explains how the leeward side is cooler than the windward side  Air moisture gets decreased as it reaches the leeward side making it dry
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   Hot air and cool air mix together causing a Front  The cold air acts like a wall when warmer air is introduced
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   When both winds meet each other and rise into the atmosphere forming clouds  This results in random thunderstorms in the afternoon
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   When warm pockets of air causes you to maybe feel warmer as you go through them  Also clouds may form ending u in a thunderstorm O R
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   When less dense air rises to the point where it can't any higher, like a hot air balloon  You can tell when a thunderstorm is coming if you see big high clouds in the atmosphere
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   When watervapor changes into liquid  Examples are fog, dew, and clouds
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   Three basic clouds  Cirrus, Cumulus, and Stratus http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.ht ml Cloud Types!
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   Three clouds make up the high cloud family the high clouds reach as low as 6000 meters  The tree are, Cirrus, Cirrostratus, and Cirrocumulus http://eo.ucar.edu/webwe ather/cirrus.html
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   Clouds that appear from 2000 to 6000 meters  They look like Cirrocumulus clouds, but they’re bigger because they form down to them http://eo.ucar.edu/web weather/alto.html
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   Clouds include the Stratus, Stratocumulus, and Nimbostratus  These clouds form around mountains, fronts, or any winds  Also can be known as fog or sometimes rain clouds http://eo.ucar.edu/webwe ather/stratus.html
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   When some clouds don’t fit into the high, middle, and low classes  Some appear over lakes as an example http://blog.chicagoweat hercenter.com/2008/01/
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   Some fog is formed when hot air moves over a cold front  Some forms when cold air leaves the water and causes it to evaporate http://articles.sfgate.com/ 2005-08- 19/news/17387430_1_fog -san-francisco-bay-area- summer
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   When aclouds reaches temperatures below -40c snow begins to fall to the ground
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   When clouds begin to warm and there is precipitation in them, it begins to rain
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  Rain-  A dropletof rain has a diameter of .5mm Snow-  Snow fall starts to melt when the temperature reaches 4˚C  And when the temperature is above - 5˚C, snow begins to clump together
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   Sleet is rain that gets really cold  Hail is ice crystals that freeze and join on the way down  Glaze is rain that freezes when it hits the ground http://www.theweatherpredi ction.com/severe/gianthail/