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PrecipitationChapter 7
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Objectives
• Differentiate several ways that precipitation is formed
• Distinguish between several types of precipitation
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General concept
• There are several forces acting on a water droplet or ice crystal in a cloud– Winds
– Atmospheric stability
– Gravity
– Drag (friction)
• When a droplet reaches a certain critical mass the force of gravity will exceed the other forces and precipitation will fall
• Rain drops are 100X larger than cloud droplets
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Formation of precipitation
1. Condensation and deposition
2. Collision and coalescence
3. The Bergeron process
Warm air
Cold air
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Condensation and deposition
• As long as the rate of condensation exceeds the rate of evaporation water will be deposited and accumulate on condensation nuclei
• Droplets grow very slowly
• Rarely produces rain drops
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Collision and coalescence
• As water droplets fall through a cloud, the larger droplets fall faster than the smaller ones, thus they collide
• If the droplets coalesce a larger drop is formed
• If it gets big enough rain will fall
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Collision efficiency
A drop must be larger than the other drops to be an efficient collider
If the drop is too big it will be less efficient, because it creates high pressure that pushes small drops out of the way
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Cold and cool clouds
• Cold < 00C throughout • Cool Part is < 00C
Part is > 00C
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The Bergeron processVapor pressure over ice is less than vapor
pressure over water of the same temperature
Thus, water molecules move from water to ice and freeze on the ice
If the crystals get large enough they will fall
If they fall through cold air they will stay frozen and it will snow
If they fall through warm air they will melt and it will rain
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Growth of ice crystals
• Riming – super-cooled water freezes onto ice crystals
• Aggregation – Ice crystals join together to form large snow flakes. Happens more readily if ice crystals have a thin coating of liquid
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Types of precipitation
snow
rain
graupelsleet
freezing rainhail
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Rain
Can originate as liquid drops or ice. Ice melts as it falls through warmer air
Shape of rain drops
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Snow• Ice crystals grow in a cloud. Variety of
shapes depending on temperature
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Graupel
• Ice crystals grow by riming
• Contain air pockets
• Has a spongy texture
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Sleet• Ice crystals melt as they fall through warn air
aloft. Then water drops freeze as they fall through cold air below and hit the surface as ice pellets
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Freezing Rain
• Ice crystals fall through warm air aloft and melt, Then liquid water falls through air at nearly 00C and freezes when it hits the cold (00C)ground
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Hail
• Strong updrafts in a cloud force ice particles upward
• As they move up and down in the cloud hail stones accumulate layers of ice
• Eventually they get too heavy and fall
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Distribution of precipitation in the US
Why?
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Distribution of snowfall in the US
Why?
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Any questions?
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