2006-08-02 15:54:37 · 14 answers · asked by Larry S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Keep in mind how diffuse a cloud is. Solid or liquid, a cloud weighs exactly the same. What causes it to fall is condensation... either into a raindrop (above 0 C) or into a snowflake (below 0 C). And even then it's not likely to fall all at once, again because the droplets are just too far apart!
Hail is actually the result of liquid raindrops forming, then being blown into higher altitudes where they can freeze into balls.
2006-08-02 16:05:05 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry if the answer is a bit long!!!
yes it can but it will fall in a different form such as snow or hail, sometimes the hail is huge, etc. some times (rare) the snow falls in colors due to the pollution this example this happened in Russia (i think) and it fell as black snow. Hail is a problem also like i said earlyer it can fall some times as big as a tennis ball, sometimes breaking windows. So again I say "yes" a some clouds can, and will freeze and fall on Earth.
2006-08-02 16:04:29 · answer #2 · answered by Prada Marfa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Cirrus clouds are above the freezing level and consist of ice crystals, but they still stay airborne. What makes a cloud fall as precipitation is the water or ice droplets getting so big that buffeting by air molecules can no longer keep them aloft.
2006-08-02 16:28:58 · answer #3 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yikes, ask a Chemist! First, nitrogen isn't the lightest of the air gases. Now, liquid nitrogen is in easy words a liquid for an particularly short era of time. the nice and cozy temperature of the ambience could instantly convert the liquid nitrogen right into a gas. The liquid could in no way attain the earth... no longer to point the cloud. the in easy words way you may get the liquid nitrogen to style a cloud is in case you flew into the cloud and dropped it. in which case, a delicate sprinkle could result. Now, what about the nitrogen as quickly because it has evaporated? because the nitrogen composes over 70% of our surroundings, it may harmlessly connect our surroundings. Wow, a number of those solutions till now... wow.
2016-11-27 22:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it can. Back in the late 60's me and my buddies were geting back from a Grateful Dead concert and we looked up and saw this enormous orange cloud freeze and then shatter. It rained down orange shards for a good hour as we drove back.
2006-08-02 16:20:30 · answer #5 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, But the ground temperature must be 10 times colder than the cloud temperature.
2006-08-02 16:05:59 · answer #6 · answered by Zoocar1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I don't think it's possible for every water molecule to freeze together in such a large quantity and fall. They would fall individually... rain, sleet, snow, hail..
2006-08-02 16:04:30 · answer #7 · answered by ray of sunshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
parts of the clouds can condense and fall as frozen water
2006-08-02 16:02:52 · answer #8 · answered by wizard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes of course......through rain........because clouds is a water form in the sky..its a water vapor from the land.......
2006-08-02 16:07:31 · answer #9 · answered by joymae 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's called SNOW.
2006-08-02 16:06:01 · answer #10 · answered by voxwoman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋