Why are temperatures usually highest in the afternoon?

Answer 1

This is because the land is heated during the day and in the afternoon the hot heated moist air rises, it rises high enough then condenses. The more rapidly it rises the better storm cloud you would get. For storms to form you need the right conditions. These are; warm day, a lifting engine( low pressure cell) humidity of more than about 30%, a dewpoint of about 15 degress Celsius and higher.

Answer 2

The cumulus clouds are usually frequently observed during the afternoon because during the day the sun heats the ground that leads to the rise of hot air. The hot air cools to form the cumulus clouds in the cooler parts of the atmosphere.

Answer 3

For a thunderstorm to occur the air near the earth's surface must be moist and warm, and the atmosphere must be unstable. The reason more thunderstorm occur in the afternoon is because the earth has had time to warm up and there are usually more clouds in the afternoon.

Answer 4

Thunderstorm depend on a condition called instability, in which a parcel of air lifted from the ground remains warmer that the surrounding high-altitude air. This require a very warm, moist lower atmosphere and a much colder upper atmosphere.

The lower atmosphere is generally the warmest in the late afternoon, when the sun has had plenty of time to heat the ground.

Answer 5

because the green elephant barfed up the world and made it that way because he is weird that way........

Answer 6

Tornadoes form more often in the afternoon because that is when the air is usually warmest and thus can provide more energy to power the thunderstorms that produce tornadoes.

Answer 7

The afternoon is when surface temperatures are usually the highest. The means that is when there is the most energy and the greatest instability in the atmosphere to power the storms.