convective clouds

convective clouds

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Clouds formed as a result of convection in the atmosphere. Cumulus, cumulonimbus, and altocumulus clouds are examples of convective clouds.
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Today, convective clouds will also form over the eastern mountains with a good chance of rain.
UAE weather: Dusty, windy days to continue till Friday
Light to moderate rain was recorded in Al Bidya in Fujairah and light rain over Khor Fakkan in Sharjah as convective clouds formed over the eastern coast.
Dusty weather, spells of rain expected across UAE
In its forecast, PACA said that skies in the northern governorates will be clear to partly cloudy with chances of convective clouds development and isolated rain over Musandam and Al Hajar Mountains and occasional thundershowers during evening.
FOGGY WEATHER, POOR VISIBILITY TO PERSIST IN PARTS OF OMAN: PACA
However, the rest of the Sultanate could witness mainly clear skies with chances of convective clouds developing over the Al Hajar Mountains and its adjoining areas.
In pictures: Rainfall in parts of Oman
The occurrence of precipitating deep convective clouds between 0000 and 0600 UTC shown in Fig.
The ARM Cloud Radar Simulator for Global Climate Models: Bridging Field Data and Climate Models
convective clouds over Al Hajar Mountains and surrounding areas,
PACA Issues Weather Report No. 4
According to the weather centre, it will be increasingly cloudy over most areas of the country, with more convective clouds associated with rainfall of different intensity at scattered places.
Heavy rains batter UAE
The applicability of traditional conceptual models of indirect aerosol effects to convective clouds is disputed as cloud dynamics complicates the picture.
Aerosols effects on convective clouds and climate
The country will not be affected by the convective clouds that affected neighbouring countries east of Qatar on Wednesday, which will continue moving eastward," it said.
After rainy spell, stable weather expected now
Based on the PAGASA's recent analysis, a persistent development of convective clouds over the West Philippine Sea, which will be more prevalent and large scale in coming days, was particularly observed.
More 'habagat' rains next week -- PAGASA
Pagasa said its recent analyses showed persistent development of convective clouds over the West Philippine Sea, expected to be more prevalent and large in scale in the coming days.
Be careful what you pray for: Here comes the rain
These findings explain the increase in wintertime convective clouds that researchers have observed in this region (using satellite measurements) since the 1990s.
Pollution affects global climate

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