Appearing as a formation of small masses of white or pale blue, fleecy clouds in a globular, wavelike, rippled pattern, usually in regularly arranged groupings.
What do cirrocumulus clouds look like
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The boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
What is a warm front
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the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
What is evaporation
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It usually indicates that a change in the weather will occur within 24 hours.
What weather do cirrus clouds bring
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A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
What is a earthquake
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As a distinct extensive layer or sheet of grey to white low clouds, in the form of more or less regular clumbs or patches often arranged in bands or rolls that lie across the wind.
What do Stratocumulus clouds look like
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The boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
What is a cold front
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Water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
what is condensation
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Usually come 12-24 hours before a rain or snow storm.
What weather do cirrostratus clouds bring
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A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
What is a tsunami
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Takes the form of a featureless sheet of cloud but can be wavy
What do altostratus clouds look like
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When the two meet, the warmer air lifts above the cold, dense air.
What happens when a cold front, and a warm front collide
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A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid.
What is sublimation
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Usually seen in the winter and indicate fair, but cold weather. In tropical regions, they may indicate an approaching hurricane.
What weather do cirrocumulus clouds bring
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The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
What is a volcanic eruption
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White or grey, and often occurs in sheets or patches with wavy, rounded masses or rolls.
What do altocumulus clouds look like
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A front is a transition zone between two air masses.
What is a front
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Is the part of precipitation that seeps down through the soil until it reaches rock material that is saturated with water.
What is groundwter
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Often form ahead of storms with continuous rain or snow.
What weather do altostratus clouds bring
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An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, esp. over what is normally dry land.
What is a flood
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Dark, widespread, formless layer.
What do nimbostratus clouds look like
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A stationary front is a boundary between two different air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
What is a stationary front
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A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals.
What are clouds made of
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If you see altocumulus clouds on a warm, sticky morning, be prepared to see thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
What weather do altocumulus clouds bring
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A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.