Clouds And Precipitation

Question 1

Clouds with vertical development

Answer 1

Cumulus, cumulonimbus

Question 2

Middle clouds

Answer 2

Altostratus, altocummulus

Between 6000 and 23000 feet

Question 3

Freezing rain

Answer 3

Falling super cool water freezes on contact with a surface

Question 4

Virga

Answer 4

Rainfall that does not reach the surface

Question 5

Humidification

Answer 5

Air parcel cools to the dewpoint temperature becoming visible

Question 6

Supercooled droplets

Answer 6

Water droplets existing at temperatures below freezing

Question 7

Sinking parcel of air is _____ and _____

Answer 7

Commpressed, warms

Question 8

Stable atmosphere

Answer 8

Air parcel is colder and denser than surrounding air

Question 9

Sleet

Answer 9

Tiny pellets of Falling frozen water

Question 10

Cloud fraction

Answer 10

Amount of cloud cover

Question 11

Unstable atmosphere can be caused by?

Answer 11

Solar heating of surface, warm surface air moved into an area by wind, cooler air moving over a warm surface

Question 12

Equilibrium of gravity

Answer 12

Balances the buoyant air parcel

Question 13

High clouds

Answer 13

Cirrostratus, Cirrus, Cirrocumulus
Above 16,000 feet
Mostly ice crystals

Question 14

Rain/drizzle

Answer 14

Falling liquid

Question 15

Collision – coalescence process

Answer 15

The process of producing precipitation by liquid particles colliding and joining

Question 16

Cloud

Answer 16

Visible aggregate of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air

Question 17

Hail

Answer 17

Pallets of falling frozen water of many sizes

Question 18

Dry adiabatic rate

Answer 18

The rate of change of temperature in a rising or descending unsaturated air Parcel

Question 19

Low clouds

Answer 19

Stratus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus

Surface to 6500 feet

Question 20

How can an air parcel rise?

Answer 20

Surface heating, fronts, mountain topography

Question 21

Adiabatic process

Answer 21

A process that takes place without a transfer of heat between the system such as an air parcel and it’s surroundings

Question 22

Unstable atmosphere

Answer 22

Air parcel is warmer and lighter than surrounding air

Question 23

Ice crystal (Bergeron) process

Answer 23

A process that produces precipitation which involves tiny ice crystals in a super cool cloud growing larger at the expense of the surrounding liquid droplets

Question 24

When is the atmosphere most stable?

Answer 24

In the early morning around sunrise when the lowest surface air temperature is recorded

Question 25

Precipitation

Answer 25

Any form of water falling to earth from the atmosphere

Question 26

Second step of formation of clouds

Answer 26

Ascent - Air parcel rises

Question 27

Coalescence

Answer 27

Merging of cloud droplets by collision

Question 28

Fallstreaks

Answer 28

Ice crystals and stuff like that fall from high cirrus clouds

Question 29

Orographic uplift

Answer 29

Forced lifting along a topographic barely

Question 30

Moist adiabatic rate

Answer 30

The rate of change of temperature in a rising or descending saturated air parcel

Question 31

First step of formation of clouds

Answer 31

Particulates or dirty air and or ice crystals combine with water vapor

Question 32

Snow

Answer 32

Falling frozen ice crystals

Question 33

Third step in formation of clouds

Answer 33

Cooling – the buoyed air parcel cools with increased height

Question 34

Arising parcel of air ______ and ______

Answer 34

Expands and cools