You see, hail, rainfall, snow, dew, (and even mist and fog) is formed in huge cumulonimbus clouds, commonly known as thunderheads. When the ground is heated during the day by the sun, the air close to the ground is heated as well. Then, hot air, being less dense and therefore lighter than cold air, rises and cools. As it cools, its capacity for holding moisture decreases. When the rising, warm air has cooled so much that it cannot retain all of its moisture, water vapor condenses, forming puffy-looking clouds. The condensing moisture releases heat of its own into the surrounding air, causing the air to rise faster and give up even more moisture.
Cumulonimbus clouds contain vast amounts of energy in the form of updrafts and downdrafts. These vertical winds can reach speeds over 176 kilometers (110 miles) per hour. The water, (whatever it happens to form into depending on the temperature: hail, snow, rain, etc...) grows in the storm cloud's main updraft, where most of the cloud is in the form of "super-cooled" water. This is water that remains liquid although its temperature is at or below zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit). At temperatures higher than -40 degrees C (-40 degrees F), super-cooled water drop needs something on which to freeze, or it remains liquid. Ice crystals, frozen raindrops, dust and salt from the ocean are also present in the cloud. On collision, super-cooled water will freeze onto any of these hosts, creating new hailstones in this example, or enlarging those that already exist.
2006-08-10 03:37:00 · 13 answers · asked by Cool Akshay 1 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
i have no idea
2006-08-10 03:39:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hurricane? You mentioned 110 mile per hour winds and the ocean, but then you start talking about hailstones being created and enlarged which threw me off.
2006-08-10 11:21:12 · answer #2 · answered by finderoftruth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
You mist your section... This was meant for Geographie which is right under the Women studies section... Sorry...
Also, your question is not clear either... Some women could have answered anyway if you had an actual question...
Good Luck...
2006-08-13 02:44:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow. What a way to waste 5 points on that "question". At least i get 2 points off of this "answer".
2006-08-10 10:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by Dan Theman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this an answer to an earlier question or are you in your exam hall-be sure next time
2006-08-10 10:57:52 · answer #5 · answered by anil m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suuuuuuuure....
2006-08-10 10:41:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thank you for the points, theres no way in hell i am reading everything u wrote
2006-08-10 10:43:03 · answer #7 · answered by r0ck_the_L0cks 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
R u talking of the TORNADO?
2006-08-11 15:51:08 · answer #8 · answered by nag_purnasree 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is that you, Mr. Wizard? I thought you were dead, by now.
2006-08-10 10:44:12 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is weather my friend, not women's studies.
2006-08-10 10:43:16 · answer #10 · answered by Jill&Justin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.... and I'll agree with dog eat dog
2006-08-12 18:31:58 · answer #11 · answered by chocolatebunny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋