Orographic Lifting - ️️*air flow interrupted by Mountain range*
Windward side:
air cools at dry rate to dew point
clouds at LCL (Lifting condenstation level) cool at wet rate & precipitation follows
Leeward Side:
air descends downslope, warming at dry rate creating rain shadow and dry cond...
ENVS 203 WWU exam 2
Orographic Lifting - ✔️✔️*air flow interrupted by Mountain range*
Windward side:
air cools at dry rate to dew point
clouds at LCL (Lifting condenstation level) cool at wet rate & precipitation follows
Leeward Side:
air descends downslope, warming at dry rate creating rain shadow and dry conditions
Hawaii & Washington
Convective lifting - ✔️✔️air moves from ocean to land, the warmer land causes lifting
and precipitation (tropical parts of planet)
humidity - ✔️✔️The amount of water vapor in the air ( always related to temp)
specific humidity - ✔️✔️The actual amount of water vapor in the air (bucket)
relative humidity - ✔️✔️amount of water vapor in the air at a given temp. The size of
the bucket
Advection Fog - ✔️✔️a fog formed when warm, moist air is blown over a cool surface
(coastal fog )
Radiation Fog - ✔️✔️land chills air above ground surface to dew point (calm, cool
night)
Evaporation fog - ✔️✔️created when air is cooled by evaporation from a warmer body
of water (big lake)
Wet Rate - ✔️✔️6 degrees C / 1000m
Dry Rate - ✔️✔️10 degrees C / 1000m
Frontal Lifting - ✔️✔️air masses of different temp meets, warmer air lifted over cooler
air (cP, mT)
LCL - ✔️✔️altitude at which dew point (100% RH) is reached & condensation begins.
This is where the wet rate starts
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