Hey!
So i was juste outside looking at the sky and there are many clouds out right now, they’re all of many different sizes and shapes but they all share one common trait. Their underside is flat. I thought it may just be the perspective or lighting but if that’s the case then it’s a very convincing illusion because they all look like they have a flat bottom…
is there a reason for this or is it actually not the case?
In: Physics
For a cloud to form, you need to have more water in the air than the air can hold as a gas, which causes droplets to form which are the clouds you see. How much water the air can hold as a gas depends on temperature, and temperature decreases fast as you go up, but changes relatively little horizontally making a flat cloud bottom at a certain temperature level.
This level is called the lifting condensation level, or LCL, if you want to learn more!
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