HISTORY OF CLOUD PHYSICS FORMATION DEVELOPMENT PRECIPITATION LIGHTNING BIBLIOGRAPHY CLOUD FORMATION COMMON ANSWER PEOPLE CLOUDS MADE UP CONCENTRATIONS WATER VAPOR FLOATING INTUITIVE STANDPOINT ACTUALLY LIQUID WATER TINY DROPLETS LIGHT ABLE AIRBORNE SENSE ALWAYS PRESENT ON THE OTHER HAND MOLECULES THE ATMOSPHERE CONDENSE LIQUID RADIUS ON THE ORDER OF 10 MICROMETERS WATER OUT OF THE AIR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AMOUNT MOISTURE CAPACITY HOLD LESS THAN ENOUGH CONCENTRATION WATER DROPLETS EVENTUALLY CLOUD VISIBLE NAKED EYE GENERALLY PROPORTIONAL AIR TEMPERATURE THE MORE VAPOR ENERGY SAID TO SATURATED AS IT THEREFORE NUMBER CREATES HUMIDITY AIRBORNE PARTICLES CONDENSATION NUCLEI NECESSARY LOOK CLEAN ORDINARY PARTICLES EXIST VOLUME SIZE YOUR INDEX FINGER LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT IMAGE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO MOST OF THE TIME THUS FLOAT ABOVE GROUND THE SURFACE THE EARTH CONTACT THE GROUND CALL CERTAIN LEVEL CONDENSATION THE HEIGHT FORCED THE BASE LIFTING CAUSE RISE CONVECTION WEATHER FRONTS VERTICAL CIRCULATION GETS FROM BELOW OCEAN WATER EXPAND LESS BEGIN THE ENERGY CAUSES COOL TO THE POINT DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE PHASE CHANGE HUGE LATENT HEAT ADDING CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY CAUSING TURN FEEDBACK LOOP CONVECTIVE INSIDE MANNER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX RELEASE SMALL NUCLEAR THE OTHER RISES EXAMPLE WARM FRONT WARM AIR COLDER BOUNDARY DENSE LIFT GLIDE OVER THE TOP AIR MASS SITUATIONS ADIABATIC COOLING IMAGES COURTESY LYNDON STATE COLLEGE NASA REMOTE SENSING TUTORIAL GIVE RISING CUMULUS CLOUDS TYPE GRADUAL CAUSED FLAT LITTLE THIS FAMILY MEANS ABOVE SURFACE TEMPERATURES BELOW ICE CRYSTALS FEATHERY TERM USED TO DESCRIBE CLASSIC CIRRUS BLUE SKY HORSE COMBINATION THESE THREE HIGH THE TROPOSPHERE CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD PHOTO NEW YORK UNIVERSITY