Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather forecast - Ask for information about the cloud?

Ask for information about the cloud?

Cloud is a visible polymer floating in the air, which is condensed by small water droplets or small ice crystals liquefied by water vapor in the atmosphere when it is cold.

Clouds are the tangible result of the huge water cycle on the earth. The sun shines on the surface of the earth, and water evaporates to form water vapor. Once the water vapor is supersaturated, water molecules will gather around the dust (condensation nucleus) in the air, and the generated water droplets or ice crystals will scatter sunlight in all directions, thus creating the appearance of clouds. Moreover, clouds can form various shapes, and they are divided into many kinds because of their different heights and shapes in the sky.

Extended data:

The color of clouds can also indicate some kind of weather. For example, the color of hail cloud is first white and then black, and then red appears in the cloud, forming a white, black and red distorted cloud with khaki edges. Black is caused by the sun's inability to penetrate clouds; White is the result of non-selective scattering or reflection of sunlight by clouds; Red and yellow are the results of selective scattering of sunlight by some cloud droplets (between one thousandth and one hundredth of a millimeter in diameter) in the cloud. Sometimes rain clouds are pale yellow, but the color of the clouds is uniform and will not stir. There are also many proverbs that predict hail from the color and shape of clouds.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Cloud