This leads us to how clouds dissipate, or more accurately, evolve. Usually, clouds just change from one type to another. Using the previous example, the front where both masses meet could cause drifting cumulus clouds to change into a line of nimbostratus clouds (delivering precipitation). As ...
Stratus(meaning "layer"): short and spread across great distances Cirrus(meaning "curl of hair"): wispy and thin Nimbus(meaning "rain" or "rainy cloud"): likely to bring precipitation These clouds don't look much like each other, but they all form through the same basic steps. In this ...
Why do aircraft take off and land into the wind? What is the cause of atmospheric pressure? Why does air rise at the equator? How do clouds and precipitation in the atmosphere develop? Please describe the structure of a hurricane, and how they work. Include a discussion of how energy is...
Why do clouds form at different heights in the atmosphere? How does the drawing of isotherms, isodrosotherms, and streamlines help meteorologists identify potential areas of stormy weather? How do meteorologists predict the weather? How do ocean currents affect precipitation?
As climate change stokes larger and more intense wildfires, firestorms are likely to become more common. Here’s why they occur and what makes them so dangerous.
Heavily polluted clouds, on the other hand, evaporate much of their water before precipitation can occur, if they can form at all given the reduced surface heating resulting from the aerosol haze layer. The optimum precipitation enhancement thus occurs at moderate aerosol concentrations, while at ...
Precipitation occurs when these water droplets in clouds become heavy enough to fall back to Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail. Water vapor also acts as a greenhouse gas, trapping heat in the atmosphere and playing a significant role in regulating the Earth’s temperature. Without water vapor...
We live on a big planet, and we depend on the water cycle to get water everywhere it is needed. Without water evaporating, forming clouds through condensation, and falling to the ground as precipitation, we would have a lot of work to do. We would have to find a way to move water ...
3. Moisture to form clouds and precipitation. Air blowing across a body of water, such as a large lake or the ocean, is an excellent source of moisture. How are winter storms named? Winter storms do not have official names in the U.S. But we do name hurricanes -- so the summer tro...
hold them anymore, the excess water comes down as precipitation -- rain or snow. Rain and snow soak into the earth and drain into rivers and streams, and fill our reservoirs. Water on the ground also evaporates, turning back into water vapor, to rise in the air and form more clouds. ...