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How mother nature creates precipitation Formation of precipitation • Step 1: Cloud droplet formation and growth • Mechanisms for hydrometeor growth – Condensation – Warm cloud processes – “Collision- • Condensation coalescence” • Collision-coalescence • Step 2: Glaciation – Cold cloud processes • Step 3: Vapor • Vapor deposition (Bergeron-Findeisen process) deposition (a.k.a., • Riming/accretion diffusional growth) • Aggregation • Step 4: Accretion (riming) • Step 5: Aggregation Justin Cox 11/2/2006 1 11/2/2006 2 Step 1: Cloud droplet formation Cloud droplet formation and growth • Problem: Cloud droplets need and growth help to form and grow • Clouds can form when the air becomes supersaturated – Cloud condensation nuclei (RH>100% for water or ice) (CCN) – Tiny particles (aerosols) that assist in the • May occur due to ascent early stages of cloud droplet – Air rises, expands, and cools formation and growth Gareth Berry, Mt. Washington – There are about 10 times more • Can also occur due to CCN in continental than – Radiational cooling Clouds produced over Mt. Washington maritime air masses – Air moving over a cold by orographic ascent surface – Thus, maritime clouds typically Jay Shafer/Mt. Washington – Mixing (e.g., contrails) have fewer but bigger cloud droplets • More effective for riming 11/2/2006 3 11/2/2006 4 Condensation Collision-coalescence C/C growth Condensation growth Condensation growth Droplet radius Droplet Droplet radius Droplet Time Time • Droplet growth by condensation is initially • Growth of small droplets into raindrops is rapid, but diminishes with time achieved by collision-coalescence • Condensational growth too slow to • Fall velocity of droplet increases with size produce large raindrops • Larger particles sweep out smaller cloud droplets and grow 11/2/2006 5 11/2/2006 6 Meteo 5550: Mountain Meteorology 1 The warm cloud rain process Vapor deposition (Bergeron-Findeisen Process) C/C growth Condensation growth Droplet radius Droplet Time • Cloud droplet growth initially dominated by • Saturation vapor pressure for ice is lower than that for water condensation • Air is near saturation for water, but is supersaturated for ice • Growth into raindrops dominated by collision- • Ice crystals/snowflakes grow by vapor deposition coalescence • Cloud droplets may lose mass to evaporation • Most effective in maritime clouds 11/2/2006 7 11/2/2006 8 Glaciation Mainly ice • Glaciation – Conversion from liquid to Jay Shafer mixed-phase (water and ice) cloud- Gotta happen for snow • But! Water doesn’t freeze at 32°F/0°C – Supercooled cloud droplets –exist at temperatures below 0°C – They need an ice nucleus to freeze – Number of ice nuclei is low when you are just below freezing – Clouds with “warm” cloud tops Mainly water • May have a difficult time glaciating- may rime instead of snow – Need cold cloud tops, or “ice multiplication” for cloud to glaciate 11/2/2006 9 11/2/2006 10 Vapor deposition (Bergeron- Vapor deposition (Bergeron- Vapor deposition (Bergeron- Findeisen Process) Findeisen Process) Findeisen Process) Sector plate Stellar dendrite Dendritic sector plate Hollow column Snowcrystals.net • Habits – types of ice crystal shapes created by vapor deposition) • Habit type is a function of Snowcrystals.net – Temperature Needle – Supersaturation relative to ice 11/2/2006 11 11/2/2006 12 Meteo 5550: Mountain Meteorology 2 Accretion (riming) Riming • Favored by – Warmer temperatures Graupel (UCLA) (more cloud liquid water, less ice) – Maritime clouds Hexagonal Lump Cone (fewer, but bigger, Magono and Lee (1966) cloud droplets) – Strong vertical motion • Growth of a hydrometeor by collision with (larger cloud droplets supercooled cloud drops that freeze on contact lofted, less time for droplet cooling and ice • Graupel – Heavily rimed snow particles nuclei activation) – 3 types: cone, hexagonal, lump 11/2/2006 13 11/2/2006 14 Step 4: Accretion (riming) Accretion (riming) USDA Beltsville Research Center Rimed Dendrite Graupel Rimed Dendrite – Warmer temperatures (more cloud liquid water, Rimed Plate less ice) USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center – Maritime clouds (fewer, but bigger, cloud droplets) – Strong ascent (larger cloud droplets lofted, less “Riming is not good for skiing” - Jim Steenburgh time for droplet cooling and ice nuclei activation) 11/2/2006 Graupel 15 11/2/2006 16 Aggregation The cold cloud precipitation process • Condensational growth of cloud droplets • Some accretional growth of cloud droplets • Development of mixed phase cloud as ice nuclei are activated and ice multiplication process occurs • Crystal growth through Bergeron-Findeisen process – Creates pristine ice crystals • Ice particles colliding and adhering with each other – Most effective at –10 to –15 C • Can occur if their fall speeds are different • Adhering is a function of crystal type and temperature – Dendrites tend to adhere because they become entwined – Plates and columns tend to rebound – Crystal surfaces become stickier above –5°C 11/2/2006 17 11/2/2006 18 Meteo 5550: Mountain Meteorology 3 Resulting solid precipitation types The cold cloud precipitation process (International Commission on Snow • Other possible effects and Ice) – Accretion of supercooled cloud droplets onto falling Plates ice crystals or snowflakes Stellar crystals • Snowflakes will be less pristine or evolve into Columns graupel • Favored by: Needles – Warm temperatures (more cloud liquid water) Spatial dendrites – Maritime clouds (bigger cloud droplets) Capped columns Depositional Growth – Strong vertical motion – Aggregation Irregular particles Riming • Entwining or sticking of ice crystals Graupel Sleet Refreezing of melted snow 11/2/2006 19 11/2/2006 Hail “Big-time” riming 20 Summary • Precipitation is not produced solely by condensation • A cloud condensation nuclei is needed to initially help cloud droplets grow • Collision-coalescence is needed for cloud droplets to grow into rain if cloud >0°C • In mixed phase clouds • Mix of ice crystals and supercooled liquid water • Ice crystals form when cloud droplets are activated by an ice nuclei or through ice multiplication • Ice crystals grow “at expense” of cloud drops (Bergeron- Findeisen) • Accretion can increase the density of falling snow and SWE at ground • Aggregation can further increase hydrometeor size • Most mid-latitude, continental rain is produced by mixed-phase clouds and involve ice-phase processes 11/2/2006 21 Meteo 5550: Mountain Meteorology 4.
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