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Do clouds occur when moist air is cooled by compression or expansion?
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∙ 15y ago
Clouds occur when moist air is cooled. This usually a fall in barometric pressure, or expansion in our atmosphere. There are other factors at work, however, one of them is called adiabatic heating and cooling. When a volume of air is compressed, its temperature rises, and when it is decompressed, or expanded, then it cools. In the case of cloud formation, it is the drop in temperature by adiabatic cooling, and the content of moisture in the air, that make the difference in how clouds are formed.
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What clouds form from rising moist air?
Cumulonimbus, or thunderstorm, clouds form from rising moist air.
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.
Do clouds form when air sinks?
Clouds form when warm moist air rises, cools and condenses.
Precipitation occurs at the point where?
Moist air is cooled below its condensation point.
Does formation of clouds takes place when warm air mixes with cold air?
Generally not. Clouds generally form when moist air is cooled until some of the moisture in it condenses into droplets or freezes into ice crystals. This cooling can occur as a result of contact with cooler air, night time cooling, or cooling due to decompression.
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.
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.
What is a generic term for clouds that form as moist air is uplifted over mountains?
Orographic Clouds
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.
Precipitation occurs at the point where?
Moist air is cooled below its condensation point.
Does formation of clouds takes place when warm air mixes with cold air?
Generally not. Clouds generally form when moist air is cooled until some of the moisture in it condenses into droplets or freezes into ice crystals. This cooling can occur as a result of contact with cooler air, night time cooling, or cooling due to decompression.
Clouds form as moist air rises and?
cools and condenses
