Convection and moist convection
The warmer air has a lower density than colder air. This makes it buoyant, making it rise. As the air parcels are rising, the moisture this air contains begins to …
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Buoyancy and phase changes in water
Convection is driven by buoyancy. So we will first define an air parcel. We are going to be using this term a lot. An air parcel is an imaginary volume …
The atmosphere – where do thunderstorms live?
The thin shell of gas around our planet that we call our atmosphere is divided into several layers. While the pressure falls with increasing altitude, the temperature is more dynamic, …
Introduction to convective weather – Cauliflower clouds
We will start with the convective weather. The convective processes in the atmosphere involve heating of the air at the surface which results in lifting the air from the Earth’s …