Cloud Types/Precipitation
These fluffy, white clouds are often seen on a sunny day and look like cotton balls.
Cumulus Clouds
: This front occurs when warm air moves over cold air, often causing light rain or drizzle.
Warm Front
This term refers to the average weather conditions in a region over a long period
Climate
This process occurs when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets, forming clouds.
Condensation
These high-altitude clouds are thin and wispy, often indicating fair weather but sometimes signaling a change in weather.
Cirrus
When cold air pushes under warm air, it creates this front that often brings thunderstorms
Cold Front
This climate zone is typically found near the equator and is known for being hot and rainy year-round.
Tropical
Water falling from clouds to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called this.
Precipitation
These thick, gray clouds cover the sky and often bring continuous rain or snow.
Stratus Clouds
This front happens when two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to replace the other.
Stationary front
This climate zone is found at the poles and is very cold all year round
Polar
This process involves water changing from liquid to vapor, primarily from oceans, lakes, and rivers.
Evaporation
Towering vertically, these clouds are associated with thunderstorms and severe weather.
Cumulonimbus clouds
When a cold front overtakes a warm front, this complex front forms, often causing cloudy and wet weather.
Occluded Front
This climate zone is found in dry hot places
Dessert
This is where the energy that controls the water cycle comes from
The sun
Often mistaken for fog due to their low altitude and uniform gray appearance, these clouds form in stable air masses and can produce continuous, steady precipitation without thunder or lightning.
Stratonimbus
This type of front often causes rapid temperature drops and severe weather as it moves quickly through an area.
Cold Front
North Carolinas Climate zone
Temperate Climate
The process by which plants release water vapor into the air is known as this.
Transpiration