Weather Alerts for California
1. Freeze Warning for: Del Norte Interior; Northern Humboldt Interior; Southern Humboldt Interior
2. Freeze Warning for: Northern Trinity; Southern Trinity
3. High Surf Advisory for: San Luis Obispo County Beaches; Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches
4. Wind Advisory for: Antelope Valley
5. Wind Advisory for: Interstate 5 Corridor; Western Antelope Valley Foothills
6. Wind Advisory for: Mojave Desert Slopes
7. Wind Advisory for: Northern Sacramento Valley; Central Sacramento Valley; Southern Sacramento Valley; Carquinez Strait and Delta
8. Wind Advisory for: Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range
9. Wind Advisory for: Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range; Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Northern Ventura County Mountains
10. Wind Advisory for: Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor
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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?
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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