Weather Alerts for California
1. Air Quality Alert for: Coachella Valley; San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning
2. High Wind Warning for: Mojave Desert Slopes
3. Wind Advisory for: Imperial County Southwest
4. Wind Advisory for: Joshua Tree NP West; Salton Sea; Imperial County Southeast; Imperial County West; Imperial Valley
5. Wind Advisory for: Joshua Tree NP West; Salton Sea; Imperial County Southeast; Imperial County West; Imperial Valley
6. Wind Advisory for: Riverside County Mountains; San Diego County Mountains; Coachella Valley; San Diego County Deserts
7. Wind Advisory for: San Bernardino County Mountains; Apple and Lucerne Valleys
8. Wind Advisory for: San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning
9. Wind Advisory for: South End of the Upper Sierra; Piute Walker Basin; Tehachapi; Indian Wells Valley; Mojave Desert
10. Wind Advisory for: Western Mojave Desert
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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Cumulus Clouds
Next Topic: Drizzle
Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and
may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud
is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.
Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall,
becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds.
When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.
Next Topic: Drizzle
Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Evaporation
Next Topic: Fog
Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth
back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.
Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because
molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor.
In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.
Next Topic: Fog
