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Clouds Fog, and Dew all have this is common: - ️️1. They must form from saturated or nearly saturated air. 2. They must have a surface (solid or liquid) upon which the water vapor can condense Dew - ️️the condensation event (water vapor changing to liquid water) wherein liquid water droplets form on the ground, vegetation, a car, or similar surface near the ground Cloud & fog - ️️are condensation events wherein the droplets form suspended in the air. They form on solid particles known as condensation nuclei A condensation nuclei - ️️a microscopic particle which is necessary as a surface on which water vapor condenses to form moisture droplets. These can be particles of dust, sea salts, soot, ash, sulfate & nitrate crystals, etc. Cloud - ️️a form of condensation best described as a dense, visible aggregation of minute moisture droplets and/or tiny ice crystals Two basic criteria are used for classifying clouds - ️️Altitude and Shape Four altitudinal classes - ️️low, middle, high, vertically developed through the troposphere Low clouds - ️️those which lie from near the surface up to 2000 m (6500 ft.). These clouds Typically consist of liquid water droplets. Examples of Low clouds - ️️stratus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus