Cloud

Are clouds objects?

Clouds are not really objects but visible conditions: the spatial dimension of a certain condition of air with the special quality of being visible. When you look the shape of a cloud is continuously changing. When you watch a cloud you are watching change. But what you see as shape is not really physical shape. …

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When do clouds form?

It all starts with evaporation. After water vapor undergoes this temperature and pressure change, it’s going to begin to condense. Other than the two situations mentioned above, there are a few other conditions that are necessary for clouds to form. A few more ideas to investigate: pressure, moisture, and temperature. This is what our research …

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Which clouds produce hail?

Hail forms inside of cumulonimbus clouds (cumulonimbus clouds are anvil shaped and usually thunderstorm -producing clouds) when there is a strong updraft to carry graupel pellets back up into the cloud. [Graupel is simply frozen raindrops, similar to sleet]. In which types of clouds will snow and hail form? What kind of clouds can produce …

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