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Forms of Precipitation. By: Flavio Gutierrez. Precipitation. Any product of condensation of atmospheric water vapour Main forms of Precipitation: Rain Snow Hail Sleet. Humidity. Relative Humidity Amount of Water Vapor in the air Dew Point Water condenses at ground level.
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Forms of Precipitation By: Flavio Gutierrez
Precipitation • Any product of condensation of atmospheric water vapour • Main forms of Precipitation: • Rain • Snow • Hail • Sleet
Humidity • Relative Humidity • Amount of Water Vapor in the air • Dew Point • Water condenses at ground level Upload.wikimedia.org
4 ways that causes air to rise • Orographic Lifting • Air is forced to rise over a mountainous barrier • Frontal Wedging • Warmer, less dense air is forced over cooler denser air • Convergence • Pile-up of horizontal airflow resulting in an upward flow • Localized Convective Lifting • Unequal surface heating causes localized pockets of air to rise geogrify.net
Basis of Cloud Formation • Adiabatic Temperature • 10°c per 1000 meters • Adiabatic Cooling and Condensation • Occurs when air is uplifted from the surface
Types of Precipitation • Rain • Liquid water in a form of droplets • Most Common • Snow • Crystalline water ice • Hail • Big ball of ice • Sleet • Small translucent ball of ice • Ice pellets www.easttennesseewildflowers.com
References • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_pellets • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidity#/search • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail#/search • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain • http://www.easttennesseewildflowers.com/gallery/var/albums/weather/Precipitation_types.jpg?m=1348919385 • https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Cloud_forest_mount_kinalabu.jpg • https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110809031203AAIwdnc • http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-humidity-definition-measurements-effects.html • http://www.earthonlinemedia.com/ebooks/tpe_3e/atmospheric_moisture/condensation_process.html • http://geogrify.net/GEO1/Images/Geosystems/EG_7e_Figure_05_23c_L.jpg • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precipitation
QUIZ • WHAT ARE THE FOUR MAIN FORMS OF PRECIPITATION? • WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF PRECIPITATION IN THE PHILIPPINES