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Flashcards: cloud types and precipitation

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CirrusThe clouds that are high white thin
CumulusThe cloud that comes in a pile of fluff
StratusThe cloud that comes as layers and covers the sky
Super cooled waterwater in the liquid state bellow 0
super saturated waterair is saturated with 100% relative humidity
collision coalesence processThe mechanism that forms raindrops
High cloudcirrus cirrostratus and cirrocumulus
middle cloudaltocumulus
low cloudstratus stratocumulus nimbostratus
how does precipitation form?cloud dropplets must grow by one million times
sleetThe fall of small particles of clear to translucent ice
glazesuper cooled raindrops fall through subfreezing air near the ground
hailsmall ice pellets grow by collecting super cooled raindrops as they fall through a cumulonibus cloud