Using Droplet Physics To Explain Why Clouds Float

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  • čas přidán 8. 01. 2022
  • This video ignores a lot about the weather and only focuses on the dynamics of a droplet. With that said, this was original analysis so let me know if there was something I mist...
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Komentáře • 188

  • @FTCM2011
    @FTCM2011 Před rokem +441

    You missed an amazing fenómeno that is also responsible for cloud stability. As water vapor becomes water droplets, it releases heat thus creating updraft. Clouds sustain themselves in the air!

    • @JaDroppingScience
      @JaDroppingScience  Před rokem +115

      Great addition, thanks for sharing!

    • @derrickmantie2413
      @derrickmantie2413 Před rokem +10

      This is one of the coolest things I have ever heard, and you taught me a new word, so bravo! 👏

    • @gansetsukon
      @gansetsukon Před rokem

      Thanks! One more thing I've learned today!

    • @zawadlttv
      @zawadlttv Před rokem +7

      Side note from me as a glider student pilot: Not all clouds get formed by heated up air that is rising, but you can tell the difference and when you see a cloud that actually formed by rising warm air you know where to fly to keep flying in a glider
      Note: gliders dont have engines so need other means to stay afloat, they can just fall slower and while falling transfer potential energy to distance and heat from friction, as well as turbulence

    • @uwukim
      @uwukim Před rokem +2

      Phenomenon*

  • @Apoka_2K3
    @Apoka_2K3 Před 2 lety +204

    dude you really are the most underrated science youtuber like i mean your video is talking about such an interesting topic with science but not to the point where it start getting annoying.
    you really are one of my favorite channel on this platform

    • @JaDroppingScience
      @JaDroppingScience  Před 2 lety +27

      This means so much, thank you!

    • @baps2005
      @baps2005 Před 2 lety +5

      @@JaDroppingScience ye i agree with him

    • @junaidnizami7076
      @junaidnizami7076 Před rokem +2

      @@JaDroppingScience he's right, no one is making science educational videos like you. Keep up the amazing work ❤️.

    • @Metal_Master_YT
      @Metal_Master_YT Před 7 měsíci

      I agree too, this guy makes such fun and interactable videos, like the 2 truth 1 trash series. :D

  • @susurrus5047
    @susurrus5047 Před rokem +48

    I came here after seeing the mention in your short and wow, this is really interesting! Keep making interesting yet funny videos! ❤

  • @Ghost____Rider
    @Ghost____Rider Před 2 lety +60

    Love this channel. Short, straight to the point yet funny and entertaining and informative. And you still include the calculations for those who are interested. Amazing!

  • @Vyker
    @Vyker Před 2 lety +95

    Absolutely brilliant!!

  • @JaswinderSingh24567
    @JaswinderSingh24567 Před 2 lety +29

    I saw your your Short in my feed today and I already like your content...
    I've been watching all your videos since morning....
    Great explanation Sir..
    Thanku for making this😂...

  • @beautifulday1665
    @beautifulday1665 Před rokem +17

    I remember seeing a video a while ago, it was about a village in my country where some clouds were just falling slowly onto the high mountains and people were just amazed. They were picking up some off the fallen pieces of clouds and everything felt so real.

  • @WFAR
    @WFAR Před rokem +6

    The fact that you can coherently explain all of this whilst also maintaining that talking speed is astounding

  • @JCRomeroMnt
    @JCRomeroMnt Před 2 lety +12

    threw a baseball reference in there so i love u even more now

  • @anakelly8956
    @anakelly8956 Před rokem +4

    I learned about the water cycle and clouds watching the "Magic School Bus" when I was younger. 😁
    I love these types of YT videos where you actually learn something worth learning.

  • @RuhaanT
    @RuhaanT Před rokem +1

    Amazing video! I love watching your videos ! Your content is the perfect balance between something informative and something fun to watch , and that's why I love it!

  • @AJD...
    @AJD... Před rokem

    I came from your ad on the oil droplet video.
    This made me realize I never even asked the question which is so obvious now! I blindly agreed with everything that I had heard about rain.
    And I call myself a science enthusiast. Damn
    Thanks for this!

  • @chandlercallaway9551
    @chandlercallaway9551 Před rokem

    Great video keep it up i love seeing videos like this definitely earned my subscription. The video is short sweet and to the point but at the same time very informative! Great job

  • @CatchThesePaws
    @CatchThesePaws Před rokem +1

    This is a great science channel! There’s far too many scam channels out there, especially on the shorts page, so it’s good to see people still care about true information

  • @elsasartor5596
    @elsasartor5596 Před rokem +1

    I came from the food coloring droplets short, this is a great video!! I will be watching more now, keep up the great content!

  • @dethmunki4909
    @dethmunki4909 Před rokem

    Thank you so much. I've been wanting to know this literally my whole life.

  • @guillermogil3391
    @guillermogil3391 Před rokem

    This is amazing!!! Keep it up, you just gain a new subscriber (at least one, who knows how many more!)

  • @mj6312
    @mj6312 Před rokem

    Great video! Helped me understand terminal velocity and more about the second law. Just a small recommendation tho, try turning up the volume of your voice to make it a bit easier to hear or enable automatic subtitles, just a small recommendation to make your videos a bit more accesible but it's fine. Thanks for the quality content.

  • @Ertizoel
    @Ertizoel Před 2 lety +4

    Idk why but after binge watching your videos, when you said you'd be heart broken if I skipped ahead I finally busted out laughing

  • @john1802
    @john1802 Před rokem +1

    So great explanation and interesting topic that I've never even thought about

  • @lpepano7935
    @lpepano7935 Před rokem

    This is the ecplanation that i'm looking for.. thank you

  • @BarelyNoticeable
    @BarelyNoticeable Před rokem +1

    Here as advertised by the food dye in oil short. 10/10 video, wish the thumbnail had more clickability

  • @aditha00
    @aditha00 Před 2 lety

    I learnt something new today thank you please keep uploading more content 👍👍👍👍.

  • @angiematas
    @angiematas Před rokem

    Very cool video! Clouds always fascinated me as a kid

  • @ansyona7522
    @ansyona7522 Před rokem +1

    I'm glad I got here from that oil and food coloring video, this is actually pretty cool

  • @terptastic710
    @terptastic710 Před rokem

    Thanks for the informative video!

  • @LV75RDM
    @LV75RDM Před rokem +3

    If tides are influenced by the Sun and the Moon, is there a tidal influence on the moisture in the atmosphere?

  • @PritamDavis
    @PritamDavis Před rokem

    Very well made video, came from the short, subbed🤘

  • @louiegumede
    @louiegumede Před rokem

    I came from the short you posted after you predicted my bowel movements. Awesome Video!

  • @arkadiuszm.j.wernicki7345

    Finaly some good explanation! 👀❤️

  • @kenea3226
    @kenea3226 Před rokem

    I came to this video from the oil, food colouring and water video. Great video! I subscribed and liked.

  • @renecardoir7553
    @renecardoir7553 Před rokem

    DUDE THATS JUST WOW the terminal velocity of clouds makes me happy dang

  • @galaxiaknight
    @galaxiaknight Před 2 lety

    I love this channel already

  • @davidoh1886
    @davidoh1886 Před rokem

    I came from your short and you're right - this was a good vid 👌

  • @arenmee540
    @arenmee540 Před 2 lety

    this reminds me of people vaping in the most random places, like the public restroom. I've always wondered why the smoke took so long before it clears out.

  • @Tom_FanTdi
    @Tom_FanTdi Před rokem

    The spoon spin was smooth ngl

  • @jasonntemo1881
    @jasonntemo1881 Před rokem

    dude your so cool i am currently pursuing my dream of being a scientist and your a great example!

  • @ginargentum
    @ginargentum Před rokem +1

    oh i never thought to ask this question, dope video! can you explain more regarding the updraft? does that mean there are only clouds where there is updraft?

    • @JaDroppingScience
      @JaDroppingScience  Před rokem +1

      The heat released during water condensation causes updraft, which I should have added to the video. I pinned a comment about this phenomenon. However, the air/water that rises from this heat (or from other air currents) eventually cools off. Then, there's no more updraft and we get into the falling droplet physics discussed in this video. Hope that helps!

    • @ginargentum
      @ginargentum Před rokem

      @@JaDroppingScience clearer than my uni teachers 🥲 thanks a lot!

  • @gansetsukon
    @gansetsukon Před rokem

    Thanks! This is my childhood question no teacher answered me!

  • @wizengy
    @wizengy Před rokem

    The higher you go the colder it gets resulting in about 3 degrees F drop per thousand feet. Once vapor gets to a certain temp then water can condense out and begin to fall. Once it falls into the warmer altitudes it begins to evaporate into vapor again making it invisible. When the warmer updrafts move the air back up then it condenses out again. This keeps going until the cloud dissipates or the drops bump into enough other drops inside the updrafts of the cloud to form rain drops big enough to make it to the ground.

  • @Umadoveracommentg
    @Umadoveracommentg Před 2 lety +2

    Im so high i.. i felt really bad when he said hed be heartbroken if i skipped, then opened up a can of math iaint never seen. Insane..

  • @overain8938
    @overain8938 Před rokem

    Great video! Saw you on tik tok so your ad worked lol

  • @johantaube3022
    @johantaube3022 Před rokem +1

    Furthermore, as droplets fall through the atmosphere, pressure increases and the air's capability to store water increases. The droplets therefore often evaporate to vapor again before reaching the ground, explaining why not every cloud results in rain.
    This is also the reason to why clouds often have a flat underside: it's the point where the air pressure is high enough to store all available moisture present

  • @isaachester8475
    @isaachester8475 Před rokem

    I’ve always heard that the water droplets are “less dense” than the air and thus do not fall. That never made sense to me. This makes much more sense. Thank you!

    • @Halimat2.0
      @Halimat2.0 Před 7 měsíci

      yeah since the density changes with the temperature not the size

  • @nosirraheuqinu3757
    @nosirraheuqinu3757 Před rokem

    Great video

  • @duzehalo
    @duzehalo Před 2 lety +1

    I've learned a lot about clouds in school but the whole "droplets are always falling" is new to me. Huh, TIL!

  • @thespeedyyoshi
    @thespeedyyoshi Před rokem

    Please do more math videos ^w^
    It was my favorites

  • @kambylnl2678
    @kambylnl2678 Před rokem

    I don't any words. I love it

  • @georgeiskiddin872
    @georgeiskiddin872 Před rokem

    Perfect "mixture" of comedy and science

  • @mementomori8677
    @mementomori8677 Před rokem

    Fantastic

  • @zacharytaylor190
    @zacharytaylor190 Před rokem

    There's also a phenomenon called a virga, where the terminal velocity exceeds the updraft velocity, therefore precipitation. Before reaching the ground, the droplets evaporate or sublimate. This is common where there is a steep lapse rate and dry air under the cloud base. In freezing conditions, they cam pose an icing risk to aircraft that fly through them.

  • @juanitosuriel6931
    @juanitosuriel6931 Před rokem

    Amazing science, thank you. Now please do something with the sound volume as it's way too low. Love these videos, thanks again!

  • @HelPfeffer
    @HelPfeffer Před rokem

    Thank you

  • @ojibwedoge
    @ojibwedoge Před rokem

    had to turn up my computer up to 100% to hear this guy

  • @jayhuang6391
    @jayhuang6391 Před rokem +1

    Actually fire

  • @anichu4460
    @anichu4460 Před rokem

    Bro u fr teach better than my teacher who had Year's of experience

  • @officialSCP1156
    @officialSCP1156 Před 2 lety +2

    I thought they were attached to strings

  • @LK272si
    @LK272si Před 2 lety

    I'm crying
    Thank you so much

  • @nudnygosc3188
    @nudnygosc3188 Před rokem

    The pro nerd. Keep da job Man!

  • @surfh3r0
    @surfh3r0 Před rokem

    really interesting but it actually rised more question than i had before XD
    If i can't see water vapor... how come i can see the water vapor from a teapot or from a steam engine?
    the steam from a boiling pan push upside water droplet also if the temperature is over 100°? how can the water still be in liquid form?

  • @Metal_Master_YT
    @Metal_Master_YT Před 7 měsíci

    I'm not about to leave you heartbroken!

  • @kaaleelder6519
    @kaaleelder6519 Před rokem

    This deserves a like,follow,sub. And that's what I did.!!!
    Side note.
    We should all support smarts and stop chasing what's #trending

  • @interanaut31
    @interanaut31 Před rokem

    Clouds is just like fog in winter season..
    Moisture in the air collected around the dust particles..

  • @CommanderThorn7313
    @CommanderThorn7313 Před rokem

    Bro’s on my middle school math learning website: DESMOS!!
    Que dramatic music*

  • @pieahgee8180
    @pieahgee8180 Před rokem

    Clouds WORK. I know for a fact they work somehow, and I don’t actually need to understand how they work or how they float in the air. However this video is STILL COOL and educational. Thanks for sharing!

  • @malibooo
    @malibooo Před rokem +1

    Well… your ad on that other video worked

  • @rathunter88
    @rathunter88 Před rokem

    Sound is so quiet that I expected a jumpscare

  • @Bl4nk3t
    @Bl4nk3t Před rokem

    Neat!

  • @emiemiemi4769
    @emiemiemi4769 Před rokem

    what blew me away the most was when u said clouds can weigh millions of pounds! holy moly!

  • @Scott-jk5zk
    @Scott-jk5zk Před rokem

    I said this to my family and they looked at me like a crazy person, I'm like I know how clouds are formed but I still don't FEEL like they should exist like that's literal tonnes of water just floating in the sky

  • @ilikeanime1610
    @ilikeanime1610 Před rokem +1

    The ad works

  • @somerandomguy4766
    @somerandomguy4766 Před rokem +1

    Bro why is this so quiet i had to put my ears to the speakers to hear it

  • @brando_handle
    @brando_handle Před rokem

    Ofc the ad on the short got me here

  • @HelPfeffer
    @HelPfeffer Před rokem

    I saw this bc of the video about the dye in the oil droplets

  • @fears_lonely
    @fears_lonely Před 2 lety

    I didn’t understand what you were saying but u didn’t want to break your heart, so I didn’t skip

  • @SEQUOIALOVER2002
    @SEQUOIALOVER2002 Před rokem

    Nice

  • @oliver_siegel
    @oliver_siegel Před rokem

    I came here from the advertisement on the TikTok video about food color in oil. Let's see if the effort was worth it 😜

  • @him8178
    @him8178 Před rokem

    me having zero clue what he's saying : "yeah seems about right"

  • @mrmotl1
    @mrmotl1 Před 2 lety

    If anybody wants a simplified understanding, It's basically because there's a vacuum in the atmosphere up there and therefore it can hold water in suspension up to a critical mass...

  • @Quicksand69
    @Quicksand69 Před rokem

    My video is paused so guessing now that the water vapour is less dense than the oxygen particles in the atmosphere but the condensed water vapour is also more dense than the gases in the ozone layer

  • @embers_falling
    @embers_falling Před rokem

    If it wasn’t for air resistance, when it rains, the water would come down in one big sheet and crush everything

  • @GhostPuddle
    @GhostPuddle Před rokem

    Maybe a more clickable title would just be "How do clouds float?" And the thumbnail says "They're not made of vapor" or something like that.

  • @infrequent2718
    @infrequent2718 Před rokem

    Just saw your yt shirt and came over

  • @Reality-dz9vy
    @Reality-dz9vy Před rokem

    So will all the cloud fall down at some point in time!

  • @MikeyTwoBeans
    @MikeyTwoBeans Před rokem

    "Just know I'll be heartbroken" don't worry I won't skip ahead

  • @soviet_onion_4208
    @soviet_onion_4208 Před 2 lety +2

    um hey man, notcied your not famous...
    why

  • @bingus9813
    @bingus9813 Před rokem

    this is what scientists do in their free time

  • @yuandominiquejacildo3062

    I don't need sleep, I need answers.

  • @major2941
    @major2941 Před rokem

    I successfully didn't understand any of that
    But it's cool to watch 😂 😂

  • @saxen0499
    @saxen0499 Před rokem

    So why do they turn gray when it rains

  • @denelian116
    @denelian116 Před rokem

    I had my sound at MAX, and could barely hear. Just letting you know (also, kinda frustrated because i used to ask about this all the time as a kid, so i really wanted to understand, but literally couldn't hear enough to do so...

  • @juanmondragon
    @juanmondragon Před rokem

    I came here since you called me out on sitting on the toilet when I was watching one of your shorts video

  • @dude6074
    @dude6074 Před rokem +1

    Me at 3:00 am after saying one last vid:

  • @cherrylgalimba7857
    @cherrylgalimba7857 Před rokem

    Im onlya grade 6 student and im only studying how the resperatory system work this much knowledge cant go in my brain

  • @wizengy
    @wizengy Před rokem

    Another obscure but obvious fact is that clouds have a smell. The smell depends on the ground below and if the cloud forms over a pine forest it smell like pine. Over a freshly plowed field it smell like the field. Avoid the clouds over the sewage treatment plant.

  • @mickyeah9599
    @mickyeah9599 Před rokem +2

    volume is low

  • @LineOfThy
    @LineOfThy Před rokem

    that's why there flowing clouds exist right? No updraft?

  • @armanke13
    @armanke13 Před rokem +1

    came here from the short video

  • @Justinnugget
    @Justinnugget Před rokem

    Here from a historic advertising campaign

  • @KoishiKomeiji992
    @KoishiKomeiji992 Před rokem +1

    Full volume and is really quiet