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Category: Clouds

link to Forecasting Surface Weather & Depiction Of Cloud Types & Precipitation

Forecasting Surface Weather & Depiction Of Cloud Types & Precipitation

Forecasting cloud types is essential to determining precipitation amounts and intensities. The rule of thumb is the lower the cloud base, the higher the potential for precipitation intensity....

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link to Forecasting Synoptic Scale Weather Associated With Frontal Systems

Forecasting Synoptic Scale Weather Associated With Frontal Systems

This article will discuss forecasting techniques using synoptic feature to determine cloud bases and tops as well as the associated weather with the types of frontal systems. Frontal...

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link to Thunderstorm Development & The Evolution of Supercells

Thunderstorm Development & The Evolution of Supercells

There are over fourteen million thunderstorms worldwide every year. Most thunderstorms are short-lived cells developed over land during daytime heating from the sun. Thunderstorm cells are developed...

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link to 27 States Of The Sky With Cloud Types And Their Definitions

27 States Of The Sky With Cloud Types And Their Definitions

Every hour a weather observer or a ASOS weather system sends out an observation with the current state of the sky. Sky condition reports can help determine the weather over the next several days. For...

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link to Atmospheric Physics Of Cloud Formation And Dissipation

Atmospheric Physics Of Cloud Formation And Dissipation

Cloud formation and dissipation happens so often the the only time we really notice is when cloud droplets collide with each other and become too large to be held up by the air mass they are in and...

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