While the cumolonimbus clouds are shaped like a mountain, with a dark grey base - this type of cloud is a thunderstorm cloud. These clouds also produce hail and tornadoes. 8. Not all raindrops are made of water: Rain also consists of sulfuric acid or methane, which ca...
A: Contrails are human-induced clouds that usually form at very high altitudes (usually above 8 km – about 26,000 ft) where the air is extremely cold (less than -40ºC). Because of this, contrails form not when an airplane is taking off or landing, but while it is at cruise al...
The Sun heats up the water in various water bodies which evaporate and change to water vapour. This then cools down and condenses, forming clouds where the water falls down to earth as precipitation in the form of- rain, snow, hail, or sleet. The water is collected in ponds, lakes, gl...