The document discusses various weather phenomena including adiabatic temperature changes, orographic and frontal lifting, convergence, localized convective lifting, stability, condensation, the four main types of clouds, high, middle and low clouds, clouds formed from the bottom up or top down, fog, cold and warm cloud precipitation including rain, snow, sleet, glaze and hail. It also includes citations for related images.

2. Adiabatic temperature changes
• When air expands it drops
• Change in temp without addition
or removal of heat

3. Orographic lifting
• This occurs when air mass is
forced from low elevation to a
higher elevation.
• This happens high up in the sky.

4. Frontal wedging
• When cold and warm air collide
on the surface of the earth.
• Warm air is force up because its
less dense.

5. convergence
• Greater in flow then out
flow.

6. Localized convective lifting
•Warm air rising above
an particular local city.

7. stability
•The balance of the
weather

8. condensation
• When water vapor cools to its
dew point and changes back in
to a liquid.

9. Types of clouds
• There are four types of clouds.
• Cumulus, Stratus, cirrus, and
Cumulonimbus.

10. High clouds
•Made out of air that is
so cold its made up of
ice crystals.

11. Middle clouds
• Made up of ice crystals.
• In the middle part of the
atmosphere.

12. Low clouds
•Located in the lower
part of the atmosphere.
•Called stratus.

13. Clouds of vertical development
• Crated from the bottom up.
• Called cumulus.

14. fog
•Crated by water vapor in
the air.

15. Cold cloud precipitation
• Known as snow or sleet.
• Happens when it rains and
its below 32 degrees.

16. Warm cloud precipitation
• Known as rain
• Happens when it rains and its
above 32 degrees.

17. Rain and snow
• Rain changes to snow when the
temp goes below 32 degrees.

18. Sleet, glaze and hail
• Sleet is a very wet form of snow.
• Hail is frozen rain.

19. Picture cites
• http://www.jonschrage.com/2xats113/2xE2L5/
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/e
arth/clouds/
• http://www.bigbranch.net/high%20clouds.htm
• http://anthonyjstewart.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/chicago-low-
clouds-and-mist/
• http://erikras.com/2007/11/08/4x4-jeep-in-isla-margarita-
honeymoon-day-8/
• http://braindanceisawayoflife.blogspot.com/2009/04/cloudspotters
-guide.html
• http://helicopterblog.com/?p=276
• http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/ecology-of-
snow.html
• http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0119-hail.php