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The sun doesn't heat the atmosphere; it heats the land and the sea. Above it, a thin layer of air is warmed up by contact. That air rises. Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water. Right above it, the air is saturated with water molecules in form of vapour.
When that moist air is warm, it rises because warm air is less dense than cold one. As it rises, it cools down by the so-called adiabatic effect of a lesser pressure aloft.
Cold air can contain less vapour than warm one. At a stage, the moisture must condense as clouds. As the air keeps rising because now, the so-called wet adiabatic lapse rate is lesser than the dry one, the moisture continues to condense as larger and larger drops.
Those keep rising but, at one moment, gravitation if greater than the speed of rising and the droplets come down, forming precipitation; rain or snow.
If the air aloft is very cold, the convection (rising air) is so strong that the drops of rain keep rising all the way to a point where they freeze. Finally, they come down but now it is as hail. That happens often in a very strong convection such as a thunderstorm.
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What type of precipitation grows in layers each time it is pushed up or down in the cloud?
Hail
What is a stratonimbus cloud?
A nimbostratus cloud is a type of cloud that appears usually in groups and are large, dark rounded masses. These clouds move slowly and produce precipitation.. These clouds form low in the sky and the rain they produce could go on for days.
What is the area surrounding nucleus of atom called?
Electron Cloud
A solid that settles out of solution is called?
It would be called a precipitation reaction. The left over solid is called a PRECIPITATE
Which organelle produces and modifies polysaccharides that will be secreted?
The organelle that produces and modifies polysaccharides that will be secreted is called the Golgi apparatus.
What cloud produces any type of precipitation?
Any cloud, including clumlus.
A cloud type that usually produces precipitation is?
Nimbostratus
What cloud produces precipitation?
cumulonimbus
What is nimbusclouds?
A "Nimbus Cloud" is a cloud that produces precipitation. Most likely a Hail or Snow Cloud.
What cloud produces the most amount of precipitation?
that would be cumulonimbus
Thunder clouds that produce precipitation are called clouds?
it depends if you are asking what type of cloud is it if it produces thunder and precipitation. if so then they are cumulonimbus clouds otherwise know as thunderheads.
What is a nimbo cloud?
A nimbostratus cloud is a dark, thick cloud that produces precipitation such as rain or snow. These clouds often cover the sky and are associated with prolonged periods of precipitation.
What type of cloud usually produces precipitation?
The clouds that usually produces precipitation are called cumulus, cumulonimbus and nimbostratus clouds. These clouds are in the lowest level of the atmosphere.
What is the name of the cloud that produces thunderstorms?
The type of cloud that produces thunderstorms is called a cumulonimbus cloud. These clouds are large, towering clouds that can reach high altitudes and are associated with heavy rainfall, thunder, lightning, and sometimes hail.
A low cloud that blankets the sky and often generates precipitation is called?
nimbostratus cloud
What is nimbus?
A nimbus is a type of cloud that is dark and rain-bearing. It is often associated with stormy weather and precipitation. The term "nimbus" is commonly used to describe a specific type of cumulonimbus cloud that can produce thunderstorms.
Dark gray cloud that blankets the sky and often generates precipitation is called?
The dark gray cloud that blankets the sky and often generates precipitation is called a nimbostratus cloud. These are also clouds that extend far both vertically and horizontally.
