Blaine Cooper's Clouds and Precipitation Slide Show

2.  This is when the temperature changes but
heat is not added or subtracted.
 This happens because air is compressed or
allowed to expand.

3.  Unsaturated air cools at a rate of
10 degrees Celsius for every 1,000
meters of ascent.
 This also works vise versa.

4. This is when elevated
terrains act as barriers to
air flow.

5.  In central North America warm air
masses and cold collide, producing a
front.
 The cooler, denser air acts as a barrier
over which the warmer, less dense air
rises.

6. This is when air in the
lower atmosphere flows
together and causes air
lifting.

7.  The process when convection
warm air rises over a particular
local area.
 Glider pilots study these to know
where to fly.

8.  Stability resists vertical
movement.
 It is also a large part in the
predicting of daily weather.

9.  This is the change of physical
state of matter.
 It is a change from the
gaseous phase into a liquid
phase.

10.  There are four types of clouds
 There is the Stratus clouds
 The Altostratus clouds
 The Cirrus clouds
 And the Cumulus clouds

11.  High clouds are also known as the Cirrus
clouds
 They do not produce precipitation
 They are the highest clouds in the
atmosphere.

12.  These are the Altostratus clouds.
 They have water droplets or ice crystals.
 They are also very thin.

13.  The low clouds are the Stratus clouds
 They produce a light drizzle or snow
 They are the lowest in the atmosphere,
and are known to be flat.

14.  The vertical clouds are Cumulus.
 These clouds look puffy and cotton like.
 They are also associated with hail,
waterspouts, and tornadoes.

15. Liquid droplets
suspended in air near
surface.

16.  This is also known as the Bergeron
process.
 It is the formation of precipitation by ice
crystals.

17.  The theory of raindrop formation in warm
clouds.
 Large cloud droplets collide and join
together.
 Known as the Collision – Coalescence
process.

18.  Precipitation composed of rain and
partially melted snow.
 This occurs when temperatures are
slightly above freezing point.

19.  Could occur in an ice storm, freezing
rain, and/ or glaze event.
 This can occur only when temperatures
are below the freezing point.