?What exactly is Cloud Seeding

2024-04-18 2024-04-18T11:01:28Z
ندى ماهر عبدربه
ندى ماهر عبدربه
صانعة مُحتوى
?What exactly is Cloud Seeding

 - Arabia Weather - Clouds consist of minuscule water droplets or ice crystals formed when water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses around microscopic particles of dust or salt suspended in the air Without these particles, known as condensation or ice nuclei, raindrops or snowflakes cannot develop, and precipitation will not occur.

Cloud seeding is a method of weather modification that enhances a cloud's capacity to generate rain or snow by introducing minute ice nuclei into specific types of subfreezing clouds. These nuclei serve as a foundation for the formation of snowflakes. Following cloud seeding, the newly formed snowflakes rapidly accumulate and descend from the clouds to the Earth's surface, augmenting snowpack and stream flow.

 

 

Video... An exceptional stormy day that the UAE experienced as a result of the effects of the strongest depression in more than 75 years

In the video...rainwater from inside the Dubai Mall

 


Sources:

dri.edu

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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