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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Probably depends a lot on your location (how close to bodies of water, how mountainous/hilly it is… and a few other things)
I’d imagine your area gets dew on the grass in the mornings, before sunrise, everything looks clear and ok… but as the sun rises, it evaporates all that water (and maybe mixed in some evaporated ocean water if that’s nearby) and that now moist/warming air can rise up into the sky, where it mixes with the cool upper atmosphere air, causing the moisture to condense into raindrops…
The speed at which this happens will mostly depend on the wind speed
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