Cloud

Do clouds have cells?

Open-cell clouds have air sinking in the center of cells and rising along the edges. In both cases, clouds form when parcels of warm air rise, expand, and cool enough for water vapor to condense into liquid droplets. The presence of open or closed-cell stratocumulus clouds offer clues about the distribution of precipitation. If you …

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How do clouds make water?

Clouds are nothing but water vapor and an invisible gas combined to form liquid water droplets. The water droplets bind to other dust particles in the air and form a droplet around each dust particle. Clouds form primarily through evaporation and condensation. Some of the liquid water that you heated in Making Clouds evaporated, or …

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