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Why do clouds for when a warm air mass collieds with a cold air mass?

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The warming of the ground (or the oceans) is communicated to the air which, dilated and therefore lighter, begins to rise and cools. Convection clouds appear all the more easily when there is cold air at altitude (unstable air mass).

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