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Cumulus clouds is an resault of updraft of warm,moist air in tall clouds.
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What are lens- shaped clouds and how are they formed?
Lens shaped clouds are called lenticular clouds. They are usually formed by moist air rising in the high-altitude skies over a mountain or range of mountains.
What clouds form from rising moist air?
Cumulonimbus, or thunderstorm, clouds form from rising moist air.
Do clouds form when air sinks?
Clouds form when warm moist air rises, cools and condenses.
Clouds form as moist air rises and?
cools and condenses
How do Thunderstorms work?
A thunderstorm is often accompanied by strong winds, heavy rain, and lightning. They come from cumulonimbus clouds and develop in the troposphere. They result from rapid upwards movement of warm, moist air.
What are lens- shaped clouds and how are they formed?
Lens shaped clouds are called lenticular clouds. They are usually formed by moist air rising in the high-altitude skies over a mountain or range of mountains.
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.
Most water in the almosphere exsits is called?
Most of the water in the atmosphere is clouds. The air is very moist.
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.
Is a lifting force part of a thunderstorm?
Yes. Thunderstorms develop when warm, moist air rises from the lower atmosphere. They are powered by these updrafts.
What cause thunder storms?
Thunder storms are caused by warm, moist air rising through the atmosphere. As this air rises it cools and the moisture condenses, forming clouds. If the updrafts driving this are strong enough the clouds develop from cumulus clouds, to tall cumulus congestus clouds, to large cumulonimbus clouds. It is these clouds that are usually called thunderstorms. Often the updrafts are triggered when the warm air mass meets a cooler and/or drier air mass (along a cold front or dryline). The lighting itself comes from positive and negative charges within the thunder cloud and on the ground. The ground and top of the cloud generally carry positive charges and the bottom of the cloud generally carries a negative charge. Eventually enough of a charge difference builds up the the electricity discharges in the form of lightning. The lightning superheats the air to tens of thousands of degrees in a fraction of a second, creating a shockwave that is hear as thunder.
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.
