List four primary ways clouds form, and describe the formation of one cloud type by each method.?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Surface heating and free convection: Air in contact with the warm surface becomes warmer than its surroundings and rises. Example: cumulus cloud. Topography: Horizontally moving air forced to rise over a mountain range. Example: orographic clouds, which form on the upwind side of the range. Widespread ascent: Rising air due to convergence in low pressure systems. Example: stratocumulus and nimbostratus. Uplift along weather fronts: fronts lift the air, causing adiabatic cooling, condensation and clouds. Example: cumulonimbus clouds in the vicinity of a cold front.?
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