Rain Flashcards

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1
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What are two ways rain froms?

A

-ice crystal mechanism
-collision and coalescence

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What is ice crystal mechanism?

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appears when the temp of air is between -5 and -25 degrees. Water droplets and ice crystals exists together and they attach and eventually get big and falls

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What is collision and coalescence?

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Warm clouds, contain water droplets are swept upwards at different sizes. Different sized droplets are swept upwards at different velocity’s and in doing so collide with other droplets

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What are the three types of rain?

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-frontal
-relief
-convectional

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