1. Cloud Formation

2. Bell-work 1.Two ways to saturate air: 1.__________________ 2.__________________ 2. As air rises, it cools rate of _____°C / km 3. As ascending air rises, it __________ and __________

3. Adiabatic Temperature Changes

4. Adiabatic Cooling

5. Dry and Wet Adiabatic Rates 5°C wet 10°C dry

6. Latent Heat of Condensation The 600 calories of heat energy is released into the surrounding air by gas molecules then they condense into a water. Warms the air! 6

7. Cloud Formation 1.A parcel of air _______ 2.It cools to its _____ ________ 3.The water vapor ____________ into water droplets. 4.The air reaches ______________ 5.___________ form.

8. Cloud formation

9. At what altitude does the air temperature cool to be the same as the dew point temperature? At that altitude and temperature, will the clouds be liquid or ice crystals?

10. Dry air

12. Rain Shadow Desert Death Valley

13. 4 processes of cloud formation pg. 114- 1. Orographic lifting 2. Frontal Wedging 3. Convergence 4. Local Convection

14. White board Name Diagram Location Type of cloud (puffy cumulous, towering thunderstorm, or low stratus) Type of rain (sudden quick rain shower, constant rain, no rain)

15. 1. Orographic Lifting Processes

16. Wetter Windward Locations and Leeward Rain Shadows

17. Heavy Precipitation in Mountains Snow Pack in the Rocky Mountains

18. 2. Frontal Wedging: a warm front with humid air rises over a cold front. As it rises, its cools and condenses into clouds

19. Frontal wedging clouds Cold air fronts collide with warm air Large areas of clouds and steady precipitation form all along the front

20. 3. Convergence

21. Clouds Converge over Southern Florida

22. 4. Localized Convection

23. Bell Work: Match the Location with the Type of Cloud Formation orographic lifting, convergence, frontal wedging, local convection

24. Global precipitation Is there a relationship between cloud formation and precipitation??