Does the moon affect the clouds?
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The moon affects the tides, as clouds are water does the moon also affect them? Often the waves will make ripples on the sand - and I have seen clouds take the same shape - any similarities?
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Answer:
The gravity of the moon affects everything on earth - but for the most part it's so little that you don't notice it. (The tides is a well-known exception from this.) So, no - the moon doesn't affect the clouds in a noticable way. The fact that the shape of the clouds sometimes looks similar to ripples in the sand is due to waves (just like the ripples in the sand!). The air in the atmosphere often has a wave-like motion due to uneven distribution of heat or as a result of passing over a mountain range.
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The gravitational pull of the moon effects every thing on earth. That would mean water and waves. That would also mean the water in clouds.
aiddogs5
Hi. Not so much that you could possible notice. The actual mass of the water in clouds is low, the atmosphere also has low mass. The ripple you see in the clouds are a result of atmospheric instability. In the sand they are from water and are similar to dunes.
Cirric
No it doesn't, check out some Astrology mags for more info. Bye
Out of Reach
The moon does warp the upper atmosphere a bit, but effect on the clouds, no. About the ripples yes in some ways similar to wave ripples on sand but more related to current ripples in river sands. They are noticable mostly on high altitude shears, where the air at one level is moving under air at a higher level and creating eddies.
U98
Yes. The Moon's gravitational attraction is stronger on the side of Earth nearest to the Moon. Since Earth along with clouds and its oceans are not perfectly rigid, they are stretched along the line toward the Moon.The effect is much stronger in the oceans than in the clouds or solid crust so the water bulges are higher.
Lutfor
yes it does
Stan the man
Yes
scifuntubes
Sorry. Except that everything is interrelated, I can't think of any observable effect from the moon on clouds except of course for the obvious. It makes them very beautiful!
Kim
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