LECTURE RAINFALL (PRECIPITATION)

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• Leerjaar 2

Lecture RAIN

October 18

Goals: 

• At the end of the lesson you know 3 types of precipitation
• You are able to make simple drawings to explain the differences

Types of precipitation

• relief precipitation
• frontal precipitation
• convection rain 

PIF=

Sleet = natte sneeuw

your stories

Without the ............. there would be no water cycle possible

1. clouds
2. ground water
3. rivers
4. sun

Precipitation is

1. hail
2. rain
3. snow
4. clouds

Condensation happens when:

1. when gas becomes liquid
3. when liquid becomes gas

1: Convectional rainfall (stijgingsregen)

1. Hot air rises 
2. The higher the colder
3. The water vapor in the rising air condenses 
4. Clouds are formed
5. Water droplets accumulate > precipitation 

Convectional rainfall

1. Relief rainfall 

windward side

wet air from sea

rain shadow

leeward side

dry air

Cold Frontal precipitation

Warm front precipitation

Check: 

There are three types of rainfall:

1. Precipitation caused by incoming solar radiation =  
2. Rainfall caused by the collision of a warm and cold front = 
3. Rainfall caused by air that is pushed up by a mountain ridge =