To understand how clouds get their shape, it helps to understand the basics of how they form. When air rises and cools, the water vapor it holds condenses into tiny water droplets or ice crystals. If ...

As a professor of atmospheric and planetary sciences, I’ve studied how ice crystals floating in the sky become the snow that coats the ground.. It all starts in the clouds. Clouds form when air ...

If there’s enough moisture and lift, stratus clouds can create rain or snow. These are nimbostratus. How mountains can create their own clouds ...

How are clouds’ shapes made? ... When the edges of these clouds look especially crisp, it’s a sign that heavy rain or snow may be imminent. Wispy cirrus are ice clouds.

From stars to needles to amorphous globs, scientists are demystifying a snowflake’s complex construction, showing how factors such as temperature can influence their shape.

The dynamic way different-shaped snowflakes perform distinct 'dances' within clouds has been found to influence how much precipitation is likely to form. The discovery of this unique cloud ...

Cloud seeding is used in Boise and Idaho. ... Silver iodide has a molecular structure in the shape of a hexagon, ... “Those nuclei are added to the clouds, and snow crystals grow. ...

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