Meteorology

Other types of weather

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Rain happens when water from a lake or the ocean evaporates into the clouds and when heavy enough it will fall/precipitate back to the ground this is called the water cycle.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/r/ra/rain.htm
Snow happens when water freezes in a cloud then creates crystals then falls to the ground we cell the crystals snow flakes snow can be used in many ways kids have snow ball fights ,snow men,also forts,thir is 2 types of snow wet,fluffy/powder.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/s/sn/snow.htm

hail forms when rain in a cloud freezes then falls but then a up draft brings it backup and moisture sticks to is then fall/freezes and goes up again this can happen a cupple times intill the hail gets to heavy then falls can get to the size of a gulf ball,the biggest hail stone recorded was 1.67 pounds.Hail can also destroy crops, cars, and can put holes in peoples houses. http://www.ucar.edu/communications/factsheets/Hail.html

Chinook winds happen at the Rockies Mountains. The warm moist air comes from the Pacific Coast and cools as it climbs up the western hills, then warming the eastern side of the Rockies as it falls.http://www.mountainnature.com/Climate/Chinook.htm

Dangerous weather types

2005-05-16T09:17:00.000-07:00

There are many types of severe weather so I'm going to give you the ones that I know.

Tornadoes are like natures vacuum of destruction. They appear in areas that are relatively flat like the prairies and some spots in the United States of America. Tornados start form ordinary storm clouds tornadoes are only dangerous if the spinning cone hits the ground,the wind spinning in the tornado can reach about 300 miles per hour.http://www.fema.gov/kids/tornado

Typhoon is a other name for a strong storm, typhoons spin backwards then hurcanes ,and tornados do.When a typhoon happens their will be heavy rain that will come wind gust can be up to 180 miles an hour! Land slides con allso happen from all the rain , and can wipe out homes etc... Typhoons happen around Japan and many other country's.
http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-typhoon.html
Blizzard's come in different forms, like a white out in which wind is blowing the snow in all directions and can cause cars to go off the road or hit other cars. During blizzards it is better to slow your self down and watch carefully for other cars. If it is extremely bad you should get off the road until the storm is over. http://weathereye.kgan.com/expert/blizzard/wnstorms.html

Types of clouds

2005-05-13T13:19:00.000-07:00

There are many types of clouds in the atmosphere. The Nimbostratus floats below 8000ft And has no definite form and is usually a rain cloud. Cumulus clouds are known as "happy'' clouds they look and flout like giant puffs of cotton ,they flout at around 8000ft-45000ft.The Cumulonimbus cloud is like a tower it is often blackish in color and if you see one you should go in inside because it produces lots of rain and thunder and rarely hail also it can develop some tornadoes.

Links to these types of clouds:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/lw/nbstr.rxml
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/Weather/Older/Cumulus_Clouds.html
http://www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather/cloudpic4.html

Meteorology

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This web site is all about Meteorology.