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3 Main types of clouds: Cumulus, Cirrus, Stratus
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4 ways to form a cloud: Convection, Topography, Convergence, Lifting
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Air Masses: Large quantities of air that share the same properties not only through out their mass
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Cirrus: Ice crystals floating in the air because they are so high up
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Cloud: A collection of water vapor condensed in dust particles floating in the air
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Condensation: The heating process
- Gas to liquid
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Convection: Warm/moist air rises and cools
- The water will condense into a cloud
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Convergence: Air masses that are converging
- The one that gets squeezed pops up and forms a cloud
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Cumulonimbus: - Thunderstorms
- Tornado
- Hail
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Cumulus: Classic, white, fluffy clouds associated with nice weather
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Dew Point: When dew forms
- forced saturation point
- air that had exceeded the saturation point
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Direct relationship: The higher the temperature the higher airs ability to hold water
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Evaporation: The cooling process
- Liquid to gas
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Formation of Clouds: - Warm are is forced upward and expands
- Relative humidity/saturation due to cooling
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Freezing Rain: Warm - Warm - Cold
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Hail: It will fall to middle atmo but wind from Thunder storm blows it up and get frozen over until it is so big it falls
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HIgh Pressure System: Highs generated by high pressure
- Atmospheric air pushing down on the surface
- Air unable to rise so clouds can not form
- Associated with nice weather and clear skies
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Humidity: The measure of the amount of water contained in the atmosphere
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Isobars: The separate the Isotherms
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Isotherms: Areas of uniform temperature
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Lifting: Air mass that is moving carrying moist air. It encounters another air mass that is not moving and bounces off it and goes up and condenses into a clouds
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Low Pressure System: Lows generated by warm air rising relieving atmospheric pressure at the surface
- Air rising cools and forms clouds
- Associated with poor weather
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Nimbostratus: - Rain
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Pressure System: Lows and Highs
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Rain: Warm - Warm - Warm
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Rain Capacity: Ability to make precipitation
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Relative Humidity: The amount of moisture held in the air compared to what the air can hold in that specific temperature
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Saturation Point: When the air can no longer hold water
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Sleet: Cold - Warm - Cold
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Snow: Cold - Cold - Cold
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Stratus: - Fog
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Stratus: Layering clouds
- Heavy, thick, low
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Topogrpahy: Collection of moist air
- The air encounters a mountain that will force it upwards
- Water will then condense and form a cloud
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Transpiration: Evaporation through plants
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Weather: The description of the current atmospheric conditions