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Topic: Clouds & Precipitation
Review
As humidity increases, what happens to the chance of precipitation?
As temp reaches dew point, what happens to the chance of precipitation?
Lenticular Cloud over Mount Washington, NH (SBurns 2000)
How do clouds form?
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Dry adiabatic lapse rate =
Cloud Formation Ingredients
1) -2) -3) -
Clouds have flat bases -
Cloud Base Chart
How does air rise?
1) -2) -3) -
Flat Puffy
Low Stratus Cumulus
Medium Alto stratus Alto cumulus
High Cirrostratus Cirrocumulus
TallCumulonimbus(or Thunderstorm)
Nimbus means rain cloud.
How does precipitation occur?
Water vapor
Water condenses
Droplets grow larger
Droplets become heavy
Droplets fall
Droplets too heavy to stay in cloud
Rain Drops
King City, Ontario, Canada: A summer storm produces distant rain
A supercell thunderstorm forms over Montana.
Rain Snow
Sleet Freezing Rain
Precipitation
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Hail
Avg of 22 mph
Largest hail
7 inches in radius = 14 in diameter!
Aurora, Nebraska 6/22/03
Heaviest hailstone fell in Coffeyville, Kansas on September 3, 1970, weighing 1.7 pounds andhaving a radius of 14.5 cm (5.7 inches). = about 12 inches
1 inch of rain = --
FQ: Which location has the highest chance of
precipitation? Name the precipitation type ____________
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MjE0NTUyNjQ3MA/web