Weather Alerts for California
1. Excessive Heat Warning for: Coachella Valley; San Diego County Deserts; San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning
2. Excessive Heat Warning for: Imperial County Southwest; Imperial County West; Imperial Valley
3. Excessive Heat Warning for: Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles
4. Excessive Heat Warning for: Los Angeles County San Fernando Valley; Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley; Santa Clarita Valley
5. Excessive Heat Warning for: Orange County Inland
6. Excessive Heat Warning for: San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire
7. Heat Advisory for: Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Central Ventura County Valleys; Lake Casitas; Los Angeles County Beaches; Malibu Coast; Ojai Valley; Santa Monica Mountains; Southeastern Ventura County Valleys; Ventura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast
8. Heat Advisory for: Orange County Coastal; San Diego County Coastal Areas
9. Heat Advisory for: San Diego County Inland Valleys
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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Evaporation
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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth
back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.
Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because
molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor.
In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.
Next Topic: Fog
Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Fractus Clouds
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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has
likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they
develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original
cloud which contained them.
Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as
cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds
are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might
merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a
fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.
They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds,
and are a display of wind activity.
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