Types of rain fall Flashcards
What is convectional rainfall?
When solar radiation, evaporates water, and as the water vapour rises and cools, it condenses into water droplets, which collect into clouds and eventually release precipitation.
What temperature does convectional rainfall happen at?
when the weather is HOT
What type of clouds does convectional rainfall create?
Cumulonimbus
What is relief rainfall?
Solar radiation, evaporates water but then the prevailing wind forces the water to one direction until it reaches high ground where it is obstructed and pushed up by the high ground and gains altitude and cools, it then condenses into water droplets and from clouds, eventually releasing precipitation on the windward side of the mountain as that is where the obstruction ends.
What are the two sides of a hill?
The leeward away from the prevailing wind and windward on the side of the prevailing win.
What is frontal rainfall?
Frontal rainfall is when warm air and cold air meet AT A FRONT the warm air and its water vapour rises above the cold air and cools, condensing into water droplets and then those collecting into clouds, releasing precipitation.
What clouds does frontal rainfall create?
They create low lying stratus clouds.
