Types of weather
By: Amy White
Dust Storms
Dust storms are created by winds moving across an arid region. Many times a strong dry cold front is the mechanism that creates the dust or sand storm. As strong winds move across an arid landscape, sand or dirt is picked up from the ground.
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Fog
Fog is a stratus cloud on the ground.
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Lightning
Lightning is simply a discharge of electricity in the atmosphere
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Hurricane
moisture evaporates it rises until enormous amounts of heated moist air are twisted high in the atmosphere.
Clouds
Low clouds are from the surface to about 6,500 feet and are usually composed of water droplets unless temperatures are several degrees below freezing. Clouds on the ground are called fog. Middle clouds range from about 6,500 feet to about 20,0000 feet. They are also mostly composted of water droplets unless temperatures are cold. High clouds are above 20,000 feet and are composed of ice crystals.
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Rain
Rain is precipitation in liquid form. Liquid precipitation can occur as mist, drizzle, or rain
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Snow
Snow is the accumulation of crystal snowflakes. Snowflakes are made as water ice crystalizes. The crystals may form in many different shapes dictated by the water content and temperature in the cloud as the snowflakes are forming
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Thunderstrom
Thunderstorms are cumulonimbus clouds that produce thunder and lightning.
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Tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air usually produced by severe thunderstorms
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Wind
Wind is air in motion in the atmosphere. Windy weather is caused by an imbalance of heating in the atmosphere. It can be caused from an imbalance from solar heating or a difference over a boundary such as a front