How much does clouds weigh

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We use cookies on reading. You can find out more about our cookie policy. By continuing to use our site you accept these terms, and are happy for us to use cookies to improve your browsing experience. Water and air We first need to think about what clouds are made of. How big? Storm clouds, lightening and aircraft wing What about the other cloud types? Dr Rob Thompson is a researcher in the Meteorology Department. Tags Agriculture archaeology bilingualism Biological sciences chemistry Classics climate climate change course Covid economics education English Literature environment Film Film Theatre and Television flooding Food and Nutritional Sciences health henley business school history ICMA centre Institute of Education law merl meteorology neuroscience pharmacy philosophy policy Politics Politics and International Relations psychology public Real estate and planning research Researcher Development research seminar School of Biological Sciences soil Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems The Conversation typography University of Reading weather.

Recent blog posts Animal research to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions 11 November Nipah virus: could it cause the next pandemic? University of Reading cookie policy We use cookies on reading. So, as Matt Soniak writes over at Mental Floss , that's about a marble's worth of water in a box large enough for you and a friend to sit in. Not very much. Obviously, the density of other types of clouds would be much greater, but let's stick to the cumulus for now.

Once you've worked out the density of your cloud, you need to work out how big it is, which is a measurement that also varies widely. Peggy LeMone , who led a lot of the cloud weighing research at the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research, calculated that the average cumulus is about a kilometre across and roughly has the shape of a cube, so it's as tall as it is wide. Not really. An African elephant weighing over pounds, is most likely to die almost 2 weeks into elder-hood.

Why dont planes hit a brick wall when they fly into clouds. Because they are weightless. Weight is a funny thing it can disappear and reappear it can transfer it can multiply. Depending on gravity. Steem has no weight like clouds when it condenses it gets it weight back.

Ok a little under a pound but not over 8? Well, there is 3. So I would say that there could be as much as double that, or less then half of that, in the atmosphere of the entire planets atmosphere. MATH A cubic mile is equivalent to ,,, billion cubic feet. Water weighs exactly At said rate, a cubic mile of water would weigh 9.

The total amount of water on the earth is about million cubic miles of water. The total weight of Earths water would be 2. One gallon of water weighs 8.

This means there is 3. Not to sure I believe that. Is there actually an average cloud size. Look at them on an overcast day. None are the same or even that similar in size.

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