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What is a generic term for clouds that form as moist air is uplifted over mountains?
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Do clouds form better in dry or moist air?
Moist air. Clouds are condensation from water vapor.
When a body of warm moist air rises to a region of dry stable air what types of clouds will form?
fog clouds
When Moist stable air flowing upslope can be expected to?
produce stratus type clouds.
What is the climate in parkland?
west of the mountains, the climate was cold and moist and the land generally covered with a coniferous forest and the climate dry and warm.
Why is heavy rain associated with tropical cyclones?
When a cyclone forms, warm, moist air over the ocean rises up from the ocean surface. As this warm, moist air rises, it cools off, and the water in the air forms clouds. The cycle keeps going because air rushes in to fill the void left as the warm moist air rises. This new air also becomes warm and moist and so it rises, too. Again, the cycle continues. Warm air rises, the surrounding air swirls in to take its place, and so on. The whole system of clouds and wind spins and grows, because it is being constantly fed by the ocean's heat and water evaporating from the surface. This causes massive rain clouds to develop.
What are lens- shaped clouds and how are they formed?
Lens shaped clouds are called lenticular clouds. They are usually formed by moist air rising in the high-altitude skies over a mountain or range of mountains.
What clouds form from rising moist air?
Cumulonimbus, or thunderstorm, clouds form from rising moist air.
Do clouds form better in dry or moist air?
Moist air. Clouds are condensation from water vapor.
What updrafts of warm moist air result in tall clouds called?
Cumulus clouds is an resault of updraft of warm,moist air in tall clouds.
What cause the season?
Warm, moist air from the ocean is lifted into the high mountains where it cools and condenses. these " ripe " clouds then drop their precipitation in the valleys on the other side
Why is a desert cooler at night than moist places?
Moist = clouds = heat retention Desert = no clouds = heat loss = cooler
What is the characteristic of the rain?
Clouds moist air.
Do clouds form when air sinks?
Clouds form when warm moist air rises, cools and condenses.
When the air is very moist will there be few or many clouds?
Many
What air brings clouds up?
Warm, moist air.
Why does desert exist in the Southwestern US?
the western mountains block moist air from the Pacific Ocean
Clouds form as moist air rises and?
cools and condenses
