1. Josh Korpics

2. Whenair is compacted, or is allowed to grow When it grows, its cools; and when itcompacts, it heats Every 1000 meters from the surface of theground, the temperature is decreased by10degreesAltitude goesup, andtemperature goesdown. 3. Mountains act like a shield to prevent airflow. This explains how the leeward side iscooler than the windward side Air moisture gets decreased as it reachesthe leeward side making it dry 4. Hotair and cool air mix together causing aFront The cold air acts like a wall when warmerair is introduced 5. When both winds meet each other and riseinto the atmosphere forming clouds This results in random thunderstorms inthe afternoon 6. When warm pockets of air causes you tomaybe feel warmer as you go throughthem Also clouds may form ending u in athunderstormOR 7. Whenless dense air rises to the pointwhere it cant any higher, like a hot airballoon You can tell when a thunderstorm iscoming if you see big high clouds in theatmosphere 8. When water vapor changes into liquid Examples are fog, dew, and clouds 9. Threebasic clouds Cirrus, Cumulus, and Stratushttp://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html Cloud Types! 10. Threeclouds make up the high cloud familythe high clouds reach as low as 6000 meters The tree are, Cirrus, Cirrostratus, andCirrocumulus http://eo.ucar.edu/webwe ather/cirrus.html 11. Clouds that appear from 2000 to 6000meters They look like Cirrocumulus clouds, buttheyre bigger because they form down tothemhttp://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/alto.html 12. Cloudsinclude theStratus, Stratocumulus, and Nimbostratus These clouds form aroundmountains, fronts, or any winds Also can be known as fog or sometimesrain cloudshttp://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/stratus.html 13. When some clouds dont fit into thehigh, middle, and low classes Some appear over lakes as an example http://blog.chicagoweat hercenter.com/2008/01/ 14. Somefog is formed when hot air movesover a cold front Some forms when cold air leaves thewater and causes it to evaporate http://articles.sfgate.com/ 2005-08- 19/news/17387430_1_fog -san-francisco-bay-area- summer 15. When a clouds reaches temperatures below -40c snow begins to fall to the ground 16. Whenclouds begin to warm and there is precipitation in them, it begins to rain 17. Rain- A droplet of rain has a diameter of .5mmSnow- Snow fall starts to melt when thetemperature reaches 4C And when the temperature is above -5C, snow begins to clump together 18. Sleetis rain that gets really cold Hail is ice crystals that freeze and join onthe way down Glaze is rain that freezes when it hits theground http://www.theweatherpredi ction.com/severe/gianthail/