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Inside any cloud water is constantly evaporating an recondensing in an equilibrium that maintains the cloud and keeps the droplets too small to fall to the ground. One ice crystals form, however the equilibrium shifts toward ice. Water vapor in the colder parts of the cloud will tend to freeze rather than condense, forming snowflakes which begin to fall. When it snows, these flakes simply fall to the ground, sometimes coalescing. For rain, the snowflake melt and become raindrops.
When it snows, the air temperature is usually close to or just above freezing. The snowflakes melt as they come into contact with surfaces that are warmer than freezing, such as the ground or buildings. This process releases heat, which can make it feel warmer even though the actual air temperature may not have changed significantly.
As altitude increases, the temperature usually decreases in the troposphere, which is the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs. This relationship is known as the lapse rate. The altitude of a base cloud can vary depending on the temperature and humidity of the air mass it forms in.
Thick cloud cover can act as a blanket, trapping heat and causing the surface temperature to increase. Conversely, it can also reflect sunlight back into space, leading to a cooling effect on the surface temperature. The net effect depends on factors such as cloud altitude, composition, and thickness.
When it snows and rains at the same time, it typically means that the temperature is near freezing. The snowflakes melt as they fall through the layer of warm air, turning into raindrops. If the temperature drops again before reaching the ground, the raindrops may freeze upon contact, leading to freezing rain.
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The sky typically appears gray or white just before it snows due to thick cloud cover blocking out sunlight.
when the cloud gets heavy and rains or sleets or hails or snows
the rain freeze at the temperature 32 degrees Fahrenheit
The air temperature of the air is cold when it rains and the cloud temperature is cold when it rains
It must get below the freezing temperature of water before it snows in Australia. This is because the water in the clouds must be able to freeze.
The air temperature needed for frozen precipitation to form is 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Inside any cloud water is constantly evaporating an recondensing in an equilibrium that maintains the cloud and keeps the droplets too small to fall to the ground. One ice crystals form, however the equilibrium shifts toward ice. Water vapor in the colder parts of the cloud will tend to freeze rather than condense, forming snowflakes which begin to fall. When it snows, these flakes simply fall to the ground, sometimes coalescing. For rain, the snowflake melt and become raindrops.
Cloud cover does not have a temperature. It affects the rate of heating or cooling.
air
The temperature of a body of air will typically decrease when a cloud forms. This is because the cloud forms a buffer between the air and the suns warming rays.
snow and ice crystals