Just wanted to ask this question out of curiousity.
2006-11-03 08:05:45 · 10 answers · asked by Farishna B 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Well, obviously the sun doesn't stop outputting light just because we're cloudy. We're still getting 1120 W/m^2 through the atmosphere. It's just being reflected, scattered, or absorbed by clouds, moisture, etc.
Since clouds appear white from space, that says that a big chunk of the sunlight that would otherwise have it the ground winds up sailing off into space.
2006-11-03 08:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sunlight is still there. It is just being blocked by the clouds. If you were to go above the cloud layer, you would see the sunlight.
2006-11-03 19:35:38 · answer #2 · answered by Al B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little bit seeps through, the rest gets stuck in the clouds.
2006-11-03 17:09:11 · answer #3 · answered by Alex A.C. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The suns light is refelected back into space off teh clouds.
2006-11-03 21:38:21 · answer #4 · answered by *love_life* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes to the neighborhood pub to have a couple beers with Bob and Uncle Ted.
2006-11-03 16:15:39 · answer #5 · answered by mtce007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you ever fly in a airplane?.......the sun light still there is just blocked by the clouds....is like where is the sun shine when you inside your house with all the doors and windows close?
2006-11-04 02:25:35 · answer #6 · answered by Rosie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It gets reflected back into space.
2006-11-03 16:12:59 · answer #7 · answered by pimp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's on a vacation to Canada.
2006-11-05 16:09:57 · answer #8 · answered by T'Vral 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's still up there....on TOP of the clouds.
2006-11-03 16:08:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
behind the clouds you dumb itch
2006-11-03 16:13:54 · answer #10 · answered by tweety's girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋