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Do snow fall from the sky or clouds?
Clouds. But technically it is falling from the sky, from clouds in the sky.
What kid of clouds does snow fall from?
Any
Can cirrus clouds form snow?
Cirrus clouds are high enough to be at a low enough temperature for the water droplets to form into ice crystals. However, Cirrus clouds are not precipitation clouds, so no snow or rain can fall from them. The clouds that can cause snow to fall in the right conditions are Nimbostratus and Cumulonimbus clouds.
What causes rain or hail to begin to fall?
rain: the clouds collect eough water from the ocean to the clouds and the clouds get too heavy and have to fall down. hail: the water from the clouds get frozen and turn into snow
Does rain fall from cumulonimbus clouds?
yes often heavy rain but rain can fall from different types of clouds
Should it snow just because temperatures are in the negative?
No. For it to snow you need clouds. Clouds have water. Snow doesn't appear out of nowhere and fall on the ground because it's cold. The conditions have to be right.
Why don't clouds fall to earth?
Actually they do fall to the earth. Clouds are drops of water and when it rains, snow, hails, or if there is any sleet it is cloud falling through the ground.
How are snow and rain fall are alike?
They are both types of precipitation.
Could water falling as rain fall again in the future as snow?
When the water from the iceberg is evaporated by the sun it rises into the clouds and will fall as rain.
What kind of precipitation would fall if it is above freezing in the clouds?
It would start to fall as rain or snow depending on the exact temperature however if it was colder near the ground it would turn into snow or ice.
Can there be snow in space?
Snow comes from clouds bearing the gaseous form of whatever the snow consists of. On Earth, the clouds bear moisture and the snow consists of frozen water. On the average, the flakes fall in a preferential direction because of the gravitational acceleration of the planet in proximity to which this is all happening. In space ... without clouds, gas, moisture, water, or a whole lot of gravity ... snow doesn't stand a chance.
Are clouds required for snow?
yes. clouds are formed by water. what makes snow? FROZEN WATER!!! so yes you need clouds to have snow
