Rain Flashcards
1
Q
What are two ways rain froms?
A
-ice crystal mechanism
-collision and coalescence
2
Q
What is ice crystal mechanism?
A
appears when the temp of air is between -5 and -25 degrees. Water droplets and ice crystals exists together and they attach and eventually get big and falls
3
Q
What is collision and coalescence?
A
Warm clouds, contain water droplets are swept upwards at different sizes. Different sized droplets are swept upwards at different velocity’s and in doing so collide with other droplets
4
Q
What are the three types of rain?
A
-frontal
-relief
-convectional
