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CLOUDS

CLOUDS

What are clouds? http: //retards. org/photography/dimage/photographs/2001/10/08/20011008_173048 -800. jpg

What are clouds? http: //retards. org/photography/dimage/photographs/2001/10/08/20011008_173048 -800. jpg

Clouds are visible masses of ice particles or water droplets suspended in air. They

Clouds are visible masses of ice particles or water droplets suspended in air. They are not a gas!!!

What does it take to make a cloud?

What does it take to make a cloud?

Cloud Ingredients: 1 – Water Vapor All clouds are made from water vapor that

Cloud Ingredients: 1 – Water Vapor All clouds are made from water vapor that has condensed from the air.

Cloud Ingredients: 2 – Dew Point Temperature Air must be cooled to its dew

Cloud Ingredients: 2 – Dew Point Temperature Air must be cooled to its dew point for condensation!

Cloud Ingredients: 3 – Condensation Nuclei A solid surface on which condensation can take

Cloud Ingredients: 3 – Condensation Nuclei A solid surface on which condensation can take place.

How do condensation nuclei get into the air?

How do condensation nuclei get into the air?

Dust Storms http: //www. mountwashington. org/notebook/images/drought/dust-storm. jpg

Dust Storms http: //www. mountwashington. org/notebook/images/drought/dust-storm. jpg

ash

ash

Pollution (smoke)

Pollution (smoke)

Forest Firessmoke

Forest Firessmoke

How do cloud droplets form? Vapor Coalesces

How do cloud droplets form? Vapor Coalesces

Cloud Formation: 1. Warm, moist air rises. 2. Rising air cools to its dew

Cloud Formation: 1. Warm, moist air rises. 2. Rising air cools to its dew point. 3. Water vapor condenses on particle to form liquid cloud droplets.

* Clouds can only form in warm rising air!

* Clouds can only form in warm rising air!

Resources • • http: //www. cs. wisc. edu/~sastry/calendar/clouds. jpg http: //retards. org/photography/dimage/index. php? keyword=sky&nav=keyword

Resources • • http: //www. cs. wisc. edu/~sastry/calendar/clouds. jpg http: //retards. org/photography/dimage/index. php? keyword=sky&nav=keyword http: //apollo. lsc. vsc. edu/classes/met 130/notes/chapter 6/graphics/drop_cloud_ccn. gif http: //vortex. plymouth. edu/precip/CCN 1. jpg http: //www. life. uiuc. edu/bio 100/lectures/s 97 lects/05 Succession/ruapehu. jpg http: //www. climatesolutions. org/images/burning. Fossil. jpg http: //www. jonesctr. org/research/graphics/forest_fire. jpg