I know nothing about geology but am from a place where there are always sudden thunder storms out of no where and I sometimes pay attention to our observatory rader screen.
So what I see is that sometimes huge thick red/orange/yellow clouds coming from the sea and we will know the whole day will be rainy, but sometimes the rader shows 30 minutes ago there’s absolutely no cloud anywhere near my city but then suddenly a green cloud shows up over an area and within 15 minutes it becomes orange and red, meaning there’s thunder storm and huge rain in that area.
Why? Those clouds just come from no where and can form from nothing to suddenly huge thick red thunderstorm clouds in just 15-20 minutes?
Thanks!
Edit: just in case you guys dont know what I refer to as green/yellow/orange/red clouds… I’m referring to this:– [https://www.weather.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/radars/radar_range1.htm](https://www.weather.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/radars/radar_range1.htm)
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Thunderstorms are born from a combination of hot, rising air and humidity in the air. Take note that warm air can hold more water, and cooler air cannot hold as much. Daytime heating of the ground causes the air above it to rise. That air, along with the water in it rises. As it rises further from the hot ground it cools down. Once it cools down to where it can’t hold onto the water in it anymore that water condenses into clouds. The clouds are like a sponge and eventually the sponge is so wet it starts dripping out all the water in it. The water held by the air is invisible until it reaches the critical tipping point of 100% humidity.
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