Science projectBy:Mason Haas

Adiabatic temperature changes and expansion and cooling Air that changes with out heating or

cooling.Dry adiabatic is the rate of cooling or

heating in non saturated airWet adiabatic rate is the cooling

http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter6/graphics/adiab_warming.gif

Orographic liftingOr graphic lifting of air is happens in

elevated terrains like mountainIt acts as a boundary and the air flows up

ward

http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge301/press&siever12.3.png

Frontal WedgingFront is a boundary between were warm and

cold air meatOccurs when cold dence air acts a blanket

over the warmer air

http://www.geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~tbw/wc.notes/4.moisture.atm.stability/frontal.wedging.jpg

Localized convection Occurs when the earths surface heats makes

a warm pocket of air warmer then the restIt lowers the air pockets density

http://acd.ucar.edu/~randel/GPS4.gif

stabilityAir that’s stable usually stays in the same

spotAir that’s unstable usually risesThe most stable air conditions are

temperature inversions they are when the temperature of the air goes up with height

http://www.revisionworld.co.uk/files/salr_49.gif

CondensationCondensation can only occur if the air is

saturated The types of condensation are dew, fog, and

cloudsCondensation

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/235126/235126,1247291688,7/stock-photo-water-droplets-formed-from-condensation-inside-a-blue-bottle-33458629.jpg

Cloud types Clouds are categorized by there height and

there formOne type of clouds are cirrus there thin and

fluffy Cumulus are the other type of clouds they

are individual And the last type of clouds are status clouds

have layers and cover most of the sky

http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/images/cloudchart.gif

High CloudsThree types of high clouds are cirrus,

cirrostratus, and cirrocumulusCirrocumulus is fluffyCirrostratus are thin layersCirrus clouds cover the sky

http://www.bigbranch.net/195.jpg

Middle cloudsMiddle clouds are any were form 2000 to

6000 meters They are made up of bigger partials then all

the other cloudsThey are a grayish cover

http://www.bigbranch.net/168.jpg

Low CloudsThere are three types of low clouds stratus,

stratocumulus, and nimbostratus Stratus clouds are fog like clouds that cover

the sky most of the time Stratocumulus clouds are ling rolesNimbostratus clouds are rain clouds

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/159841/159841,1285355433,12/stock-photo-landscape-with-low-clouds-above-atlantic-ocean-and-breaking-waves-61627681.jpg

Cloud of Vertical developmentThey are associated with unstable airThey are around in fair wheatherThey usually end up making a rain cloud

http://www.free-online-private-pilot-ground-school.com/images/cloud-types.gif

FogThere are two different reasons for fog

cooling and evaporationCooling fog occurs when moist air from the

pacific moves over the California current then its pushed on by prevailing winds

Fog caused by evaporation happens when cool moves over water if the air gets moist enough fog happens

Cold Cloud Precipitation (Bergeron process)It’s a theory that relates to the formation of

precipitation to super cooled clouds, freezing nuclei, and level difference of liquid water and ice.

water in a liquid state under 0 is said to be super cold

If super cold water touches an object it will freeze

Warm cloudWhen air is saturated fully it’s the same as

ice that’s fully saturated The collision coalescence process is a theory

of how raindrops form in warm cloud making cloud droplets collide to for a rain drop

Rain and snow The types of precipitation are rain and snow Rain is water falling from clouds when the

temperatures is above 4 at the serviceSnow happens when low temperatures and

low moisture and is made up of six sided crystals

Sleet, Glaze and HailSleet is the fall of clear ice a layer of air has

to over line the ground for it to occurGlaze is freezing rain it happens when

becomes super cold Hail begins as little ice balls that get bigger

when super cold water droplet stick to it as it falls to the surface