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1) Cirrus 2) Cirrocumulus 3) Altostratus 4) Altocumulus 5) Stratocumulus 6) Cumulonimbus Also, how sort out clouds shape precipitation? Thanks modish advance!! Will pick of the litter preeminent resolution ASAP
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February 3rd, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Moisture evaporates from the ground allowing the clouds to form.
February 3rd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Regardless of what type of cloud it is they all form in the same way.
form when air is cooled to its dewpoint or the temperature, if the air is cooled, it reaches saturation.
can reach saturation in a number of ways.
most common way is through lifting. As a bubble or parcel of air rises it moves into an area of lower pressure (pressure decreases with height). As this occurs the parcel expands.
requires energy, or work, which takes heat away from the parcel. So as air rises it cools.
is called an adiabatic process.
rate at which the parcel cools with increasing elevation is called the “lapse rate”. The lapse rate of unsaturated air (air with relative humidity