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Clouds form through the condensation of water vapor into visible droplets or ice particles when warm air cools. Different types of clouds, like stratus blankets or cumulus heaps, produce various forms of precipitation from rain to snow depending on the temperature of the air above and below. Cirrus clouds form at high altitudes through the freezing of water vapor into ice crystals and are often associated with hurricanes.
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3) Common cloud types are described including cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, altostratus, altocumulus, stratus, cumulus, nimbostratus, and cumulonimbus. Each
Moisture , cloud and precipitation
This document discusses moisture, clouds, and precipitation. It defines key terms like water vapor, humidity, dew point, and cloud formation processes. Water vapor is the gas form of water that is always present in the air. Clouds form through convection, mountain lifting, or air mass movement when warm moist air rises and cools, causing water vapor to condense into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. Clouds are classified by height and shape into high, middle, and low clouds. Fog forms near the earth's surface when moisture condenses from vapor to liquid form due to temperature differences.
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1) When air is compressed or expands, it causes changes in temperature - compression warms air while expansion cools it.
2) Mountains cause air to rise and cool, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation on the windward side, while the air is dry on the leeward side having lost most moisture.
3) When warm and cold air masses meet, they form fronts where the denser cold air acts as a barrier to the rising warm air, which can produce storms along the front.
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