2007-03-27 00:35:11 · 6 answers · asked by Qudadah s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
When moist air rises it eventually becomes saturated and forms into cloud. More information about this and the types of cloud can be seen in the source link. The wind at certain levels transports the air mass, in this case the cloud. If there was smoke in the atmosphere, then the smoke would travel in the same direction of the cloud if the cloud and the smoke was at the same level (usually trapped under an inversion).
Quite often you will see cloud moving in different directions. In sub tropical latitudes often the low level cloud moves from east to west and the high level cloud moves from west to east. This is because the prevailing winds are generally E'ly in the low levels and W'ly in the upper levels.
2007-03-27 02:17:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not separate. Clouds are the precipitation of water vapour in the air. What you are seeing is actually the wind moving. When moist air rises it eventually becomes saturated and forms into cloud. More information about this and the types of cloud can be seen in the source link. The wind at certain levels transports the air mass, in this case the cloud. If there was smoke in the atmosphere, then the smoke would travel in the same direction of the cloud if the cloud and the smoke was at the same level (usually trapped under an inversion).
Quite often you will see cloud moving in different directions. In sub tropical latitudes often the low level cloud moves from east to west and the high level cloud moves from west to east. This is because the prevailing winds are generally E'ly in the low levels and W'ly in the upper levels.
2007-03-27 02:26:11 · answer #2 · answered by John Q. Republican 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. The wind actually blows the clouds along just as it does with balloons. Since the cloud consists of water droplets, these are moved and shaped by the wind.
2007-03-27 03:17:40 · answer #3 · answered by 1ofSelby's 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Air contains water vapour and water vapour along with condesation nuclei(tiny particles of dust, salt and droplets of sulphuric acid which are readily available in the atmosphere) form clouds.Hence you can assume that cloud is a visible form of air and so its movement is actually the movement of air itself.Sometimes movement of cloud is measured and that speed is taken as the wind speed at that level.
2007-03-27 02:29:10 · answer #4 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not separate. Clouds are the precipitation of water vapour in the air. What you are seeing is actually the wind moving.
2007-03-27 00:39:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to this song: They call the wind Mariah, from Paint Your Wagon.
The rain is Tess, the fire Joe and they call the wind.... Mariah.
2007-03-27 03:03:34 · answer #6 · answered by Traveller 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋