OLALIA, APRIL JOY G.

18-41770
BSED SCIENCE- 3B JANUARY 9, 2021

1. Due to surface heating

Clouds form due to the

surface heating when the Sun warms
the Earth, warm air rises into the
atmosphere. As it rises, it expands and
cools. Water vapor condenses out of
the cool air to form a cloud. The types
of clouds that form from the process
of surface heating are cumulonimbus
(and associated mammatus clouds),
cumulus, and stratocumulus. In contrast
to surface heating, the cooling of the Earth’s surface leads to the development of fog
and stratus clouds.
2. Due to mountains
Clouds form when air encounters a mountain range or other types of
terrain. When the air will rise and cool and this cooler air is no longer able to hold
all of the water vapor it was able to hold when it was warm. The extra water vapor
begins to condense out of the air parcel in the form of liquid water droplets and a
cloud is formed. The types of clouds that form from encounters with mountains are
stratus clouds and lenticular clouds.

3. When air is forced to rise

Air moves into a Low pressure system. It pushes any air that was there
upwards.
4. Due to weather fronts
Cold air is denser than
warm air, so when a warm air mass
meets a cold air mass, the cold air
ends up below the warm air. Once
the air has risen, it cools and
clouds can form.

Warm fronts produce clouds when

warm air replaces cold air by
sliding above it. Many different
cloud types can be created in this way: altocumulus, altostratus, cirrocumulus,
cirrostratus, cirrus, cumulonimbus (and associated mammatus clouds), nimbostratus,
stratus, and stratocumulus.

Cold fronts occur when heavy cold air displaces lighter warm air, pushing it upward.
Cumulus clouds are the most common cloud types that are produced by cold fronts.
They often grow into cumulonimbus clouds, which produce thunderstorms. Cold fronts
can also produce nimbostratus, stratocumulus, and stratus clouds.
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