despite their cute and floofy appearance, clouds actually weigh a [i] ton [/i] скачать в хорошем качестве

despite their cute and floofy appearance, clouds actually weigh a [i] ton [/i]

The water density of cumulus clouds are about half a gram of water per cubic meter. The average cumulus cloud is shaped sort of roughly cubed like.... so it's about as tall as it is wide. According to the U.S. National Centre of Atmospheric Research, the cumulus cloud is about 1 km long and since it's cubed like, it's also 1 km tall. Doing the math, we can see that 1 km cubed equates to 1 billion meters of volume. If we take the 1 million meters of volume and multiply it by the density from earlier of half a gram of water per cubic meter, we see that the average cumulus cloud is 500,000 kg. Or 1.1 billion pounds. That's pretty flippin' heavy. And clouds are only able to stay afloat in the sky because at sea level, the weight of air is about 1 kilogram per square meter. Which effectively lets the clouds sit above our heads like they're giant hats.