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What happens as warm, moist air rises in the atmosphere?

As warm, moist air rises in the atmosphere, it cools and condenses, forming clouds and eventually leading to the possibility of precipitation such as rain or snow.


What is heavier a warm front or a cold front?

A warm front is generally heavier than a cold front due to the warm air being less dense than cold air. Warm air rises over cold air at a warm front, creating a less steep slope as compared to the lifting of cold air at a cold front.


How does frontal occur?

Warm air rises quicklier then cold air. When those two meet, the warmer and lighter air rises OVER the colder and heavier air. If the warm air rises the warm air coolsdown when it's very high, and then the warm air forms clouds. A front is the place where cold and warm air meets. Along fronts in Europe, there are found a lot of rain and clouds most of the time.


A(n) is produced when a warm air mass moves into an area where a cold air mass is located?

A warm front is produced when a warm air mass moves into an area occupied by a cold air mass. As the warm air rises over the colder, denser air, it cools and condenses, often leading to cloud formation and precipitation. This transition can result in gradual changes in weather, typically bringing light rain and warmer temperatures.


When warm air rises it expands causing it to lose the ability to hold water creating?

RAIN


Are clouds produced from condensation?

Yes, as the warm air rises, it cools, condenses and then forms clouds.


When a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass the result is an?

occlusion, where the cold air mass is forced aloft as the warm air rises over it, creating a mix of warm and cold air.


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.


How rain is formed from a lake?

its all to do with the hydrological cycle. the water from a lake is evaporated by the sun and as this condensation is warm it rises. the warm air then moves to areas where the air is cold and cools, condenses and forms rain clouds.


Cold air holds more moisture than warm air does?

Yes it does. which is why as it rises into the cooler upper atmosphere it will start to rain.


When warm air rises and is replaced by cooler air it creates?

When warm air rises and is replaced by cooler air, it creates convection currents. These currents are responsible for moving heat energy throughout the atmosphere and can lead to various weather phenomena, such as clouds, rain, and wind.


What happen when warm moist air rises?

When warm moist air rises, it cools, causing the water vapor it contains to condense and form clouds. As the air continues to rise, this condensation can lead to precipitation such as rain, snow, or hail. This process is known as adiabatic cooling and is responsible for the formation of most weather phenomena.