Opposing the terrain to a front of warm, moist air mass, it forces to increase the height above sea level of that body wet and warm air mass, which cools and decreases the dew point, causing it to condense part of the moisture that falls as rain or fog, creating an habitat especially cool, saturated with moisture in the air and soil.

The first letter describes its moisture properties, with c used for continental air masses ( dry ) and m for maritime air masses ( moist ).

It is not really fire, for fire is an excess of heat and a sort of ebullition ; but in reality, of what we call air, the part surrounding the earth is moist and warm, because it contains both vapour and a dry exhalation from the earth.

For instance frost may be observed around cracks in cold wooden sidewalks when moist air escapes from the ground below.

Window frost ( also called fern frost or ice flowers ) forms when a glass pane is exposed to very cold air on the outside and moderately moist air on the inside.

However, it tarnishes quickly in moist air, forming a loosely adhering gadolinium ( III ) oxide ( Gd < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 3 </ sub >), which spalls off, exposing more surface to oxidation.

In addition, moist sponges were inserted at the end of the hoses in order to better filter the air.

In moist air and at higher temperatures, however, it quickly oxidizes, forming a yellowish oxide.

The Barton evaporation engine is a heat engine based on a cycle producing power and cooled moist air from the evaporation of water into hot dry air.

A popular variation is the nutrient film technique or NFT, whereby a very shallow stream of water containing all the dissolved nutrients required for plant growth is recirculated past the bare roots of plants in a watertight thick root mat, which develops in the bottom of the channel, has an upper surface that, although moist, is in the air.

During this time, the coffee is " monsooned ", by exposing it to warm, moist air during the rainy season.

In general, cool dry air is introduced at one end of the kiln while warm moist air is expelled at the other.

The summer months are warm but can get hot and moderately humid, with moist air riding up from the Gulf of Mexico, and high temperatures surpass on 4 days of the year, and on nearly 40 days.

When cut open, lithium exhibits a metallic luster, but contact with moist air corrodes the surface quickly to a dull silvery gray, then black tarnish.

However, when exposed to moist air at room temperature, lanthanum oxide forms a hydrated oxide with a large volume increase.

Summer tends to be short, hot, humid, and rainy because of the southern and southeastern monsoon winds that bring moist air from the Pacific Ocean.

This climate is influenced by the monsoons originating from the South Atlantic ocean, which is brought into the country by the ( maritime tropical ) MT airmass, a warm moist sea to land seasonal wind. Its warmth and high humidity gives it a strong tendency to ascend and produce copious rainfall, which is a result of the condensation of water vapour in the rapidly rising air.

The amount of the precipitation the range receives, including rain and snow, is much greater in the western than in the eastern Pyrenees, because of the moist air that blows in from the Atlantic Ocean over the Bay of Biscay.

It prefers a cool and moist location, otherwise it rapidly goes to seed ( also known as bolting ).

When the Santa Ana winds cease, the cool and moist marine layer forms rapidly.

Both species grow rapidly in rich, moist soils of temperate climates.

The ability of these Penicillium species to grow on seeds and other stored foods depends on their propensity to thrive in low humidity and to colonize rapidly by aerial dispersion while the seeds are sufficiently moist.

Within these habitats centipedes require a moist micro-habitat because they lack the waxy cuticle of insects and arachnids, and so lose water rapidly through the skin.

In moist forest areas Alnus rubra will rapidly cover a former burn or clearcut, temporarily preventing the growth of conifers but also improving soil fertility for future growth of conifers.

Self-heals are low-growing plants, and thrive in moist wasteland and grass, spreading rapidly to cover the ground.

The storm tracked slowly over anomalously warm water temperatures, and throughout its duration it was embedded within warm, moist tropical air ; Anita rapidly organized and attained hurricane status late on August 30 ; this is the latest date for the first hurricane since 1967.

Warm moist air from over the Tasman Sea is pushed up by the presence of the Southern Alps, causing it to cool rapidly.

If dry mid-level air is drawn over very warm, moist air in the lower troposphere, a hydrolapse ( an area of rapidly decreasing dew point temperatures with height ) results in the region where the moist boundary layer and mid-level air meet.

High convective instability can lead to severe thunderstorms and tornadoes as moist air which is trapped in the boundary layer eventually becomes highly negatively buoyant relative to the adiabatic lapse rate and eventually escapes as a rapidly rising bubble of humid air triggering the development of a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud.

The Shan Hills form, together with the Karen Hills, Dawna Range and Tenasserim Hills, a natural border with Thailand as well as the Kayah-Karen / Tenasserim moist forests ecoregion which is included in the Global 200 list of ecoregions identified by the World Wildlife Fund ( WWF ) as priorities for conservation.

Potatoes yield abundantly with little effort, and adapt readily to diverse climates as long as the climate is cool and moist enough for the plants to gather sufficient water from the soil to form the starchy tubers.

Pigmentation, such as melanin in hyphal walls, along with prolific growth on surfaces can result in visible mold colonies ; examples include Cladosporium species, which form black spots on bathroom caulking and other moist areas.

Thunderstorms can generally form and develop in any particular geographic location, perhaps most frequently within areas located at mid-latitude when warm moist air collides with cooler air.

Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

The Cascade Mountains form a barrier to the eastward flow of moist and relatively mild air from the Pacific Ocean in winter and cool air in summer.

Similarly R. Bloch supposed it might be an adjectival form in-no from * nuptu -, meaning " he who is moist ".

In general, though, sundews require high environmental moisture content, usually in the form of a constantly moist or wet soil substrate.

Sometimes boards are used, which are cut to the figure intended to be represented, and covered with moist clay into which the stems of the flowers are inserted to preserve their freshness ; and they are so arranged to form a beautiful mosaic work, often tasteful in design, and vivid in colouring ; the boards thus adorned are placed in the spring, that the water appears to issue from among the beds of flowers.

Blisters form more easily on moist skin than on dry or soaked skin, and are more common in warm conditions.

The canine teeth are enlarged to form prominent tusks, used for rooting in moist earth or undergrowth, and in fighting.

In prehistoric times the islands were covered in a diverse range of tropical moist broadleaf forest At present however, though the Mascarene islands form a distinct ecoregion, known as the Mascarene forests, the ecoregion is not homogeneous, and comprises at least five fairly distinct vegetation zones that reflect variations in altitude and in moisture regime.

Accretionary lapilli are like volcanic hailstones that form by the addition of concentric layers of moist ash around a central nucleus.

In the Macaronesian Islands, several species ( such as Asparagus umbellatus and Asparagus scoparius ) grow in moist laurel forest habitat, and preserve the original form of a leafy vine.

This may keep emerging roots moist and provide some form of lubrication to new leaves.

The moist form of snuff placed under the upper lip is just called snus in Swedish, and the correct word for referring to this form would be snus in English as well.

* Snus ( Scandinavian ) is a moist Scandinavian form of snuff which is placed under the upper lip which does not result in the need for spitting.

* Dipping tobacco ( also known as dip, spit tobacco or confusingly moist snuff ) is a moist American form of traditional snuff which is placed between the lower lip and the gums and often causes excess saliva while dipping.

Where stable moist air flows over a mountain or a range of mountains, a series of large-scale standing waves may form on the downwind side.

Allowing a dressing to proceed from moist to dry, then manually removing the dressing causes a form of non-selective debridement.

Outside of its native range, Serbian Spruce is of major importance in horticulture as an ornamental tree in large gardens, valued in northern Europe and North America for its very attractive crown form and ability to grow on a wide range of soils, including alkaline, clay, acid and sandy soil, although it prefers moist, drained loam.

Moisture is abundant, creating a moist, hygrophilous environment with great visual appeal, in the form of mists, sprays, ponds and streams that permeate the entire visual field.