How does snow form between strong winds and thunder clouds in the sky

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Barlin, Pretr. The winter season has started. Snowfall has also started in the higher reaches. But how does it snow? How does ice form between strong winds and thunder clouds in the sky?

This is explained in detail in a new study. Researchers claim that this study will help us understand the process of rain and snowfall better.

Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Germany, were also involved in this study.

The researchers said, ‘It is important to understand this process in clouds because without it there will be no rain in the middle latitudes of the Earth, including parts of southern India.

The study is published in the journal APJ Climate and Atmospheric Science. It states, ‘Warm winds are less condensed than cold winds.

They work to increase the speed of vertical winds and help in the formation of ice in clouds where droplets of cold, cold water are present.

The researchers said, ‘Due to the complexity of aerosol particles, wind speed, and other physical processes in clouds, the process of ice formation in clouds is difficult to study separately.’

Use of radar and laser technology

For this study, researchers assessed large cloud areas at an altitude of about 2 to 8 kilometers using radar and laser technology.

During the study, researchers found that turbulent and thundering clouds do not directly affect the formation of ice. But the vapor and water particles present in the clouds play an important role in the formation of ice.

Snowfall is part of the water cycle

This process is commonly known as the water cycle. In this, the water of rivers, ponds, lakes and the sea evaporates from the heat of the sun and reaches the sky.

When many vapor particles are condensed, that is, they collect as clouds. When these clouds collide, it starts raining. But when these clouds move up higher in the atmosphere, the temperature there is very low and the atmosphere becomes very cold.

When the temperature of the cloud is very low, the vapor particles present in them turn into small ice particles. When the air cannot bear the weight of these ice particles, they start falling downwards.

During this time, they start getting bigger by colliding with each other. When these particles like cotton fall on the earth, we call it snowfall.