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Which clouds form from rising currents of warm air?
Cumulus cloud.
At what temperature does cumulonimbus clouds form?
It depends on the temperature of the air around the cloud. A cumulus cloud is formed by warm air rising into a layer of cooler air, so the base of the cloud will be warmer and the air will get colder toward the top of the cloud. If water vapor condenses out of the air as it rises in the cloud, this will warm up the air in the middle of the cloud.
What is the basic reason for tornado?
Tornadoes are caused when a cloud of the right size precipitates rapidly releasing heat, which causes it to rise, and creates a vacuum under it. Air rushing under it creates the vortex.
What happens inside a cloud during the mature stage of a thunderstorm?
Convection cause the rising of air, rising air expands due to decreased pressure, which causes it to cool, which causes condenation. Condensation = rapid cloud building. The cumulus stage is characterized by updraft only.
Describe the formation of a thunderstorm?
When the cumulus cloud becomes very large, the water in it become large and heavy. Raindrops start to fall through the cloud when the rising air can no longer hold them up. Meanwhile, cool dry air starts to enter the cloud. Because cool air is heavier than warm air, it starts to descend in the cloud (known as a downdraft). The downdraft pulls the heavy water downward, making rain. This cloud has become a cumulonimbus cloud because it has an updraft, a downdraft, and rain. Lightning and thunder start to occur, as well as heavy rain. The cumulonimbus is now a thunderstorm cell.
What is a vortex air rising into a cloud?
This is a tornado.
What is a vortex of air rising into a cloud?
tornado
A vortex of air rising into a cloud?
tornado
What forms a vortex?
A vortex is form when the whirling motion of the cloud vortex results from a rapid downdraft of cold air replacing rising hot air.
What is a vortex of air riseing into a cloud?
tornado
What type of cloud does rising air form?
Rising convectively, a cumulus cloud is the most common.
What makes a funnel cloud?
A funnel cloud forms when the vortex of a developing tornado draws in moist air. As the air enters the vortex it undergoes a pressure drop, which in turn produce a temperature drop. This causes the moisture to condense and form a funnel cloud.
What is a mass of spinning rising air that may produce a tornado?
I think the word you're looking for is "vortex".
What causes a cumulus cloud?
Rising hot air and water condensing out of that air.
How does a funnel cloud touch ground?
The funnel cloud marks the location of a vortex where air spirals upward. This vortex formed from a larger vortex called mesocyclone, which was squeezed by a downdraft, causing it to tighten in diameter, intensify, and stretch vertically. This stretching causes it to extend downward.
In a cumulonimbus cloud, what keeps the rising air inside the cloud warmer and less dense than the air around it?
The heat from condensation makes the rising air warmer and stay less dense than the air around it.
What is a tornado forming in the air?
A tornadic vortex that is developing but has not yet reached the ground is called a funnel cloud.
