Why does humid air rise? How can the addition of water vapor make it lighter? When I take a dishrag and wet it, it gets heavier; how can I take a parcel of air, add water, and thereby make it lighter? This is all nonsense! (I suppose this lesson should have come before the one [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Orders of magnitude in weather’
Why humid air rises
Posted in Meteorology, tagged drops, fog, humidity, Orders of magnitude in weather, vapor on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Weather in large format
Posted in Meteorology, tagged Orders of magnitude in weather, roll cloud, sun on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A list of large weather objects from roll clouds to the Sun all interact to make weather; it’s not just a backyard thing.
How big is a cloud? How high?
Posted in Meteorology, tagged cirrus, cumulus, Orders of magnitude in weather on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cloud sizes range from the smallest wisps of fog, no larger than man, to cumulo-nimbus that are several miles in height.
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