What is Condensation?
Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial in cloud formation and the water cycle.
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A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...