Doing the math: 1,000,000,000 x 0.5 = 500,000,000 grams of water droplets in our cloud. That is about 500,000 kilograms or 1.1 million pounds (about 551 tons). But, that “heavy” cloud is floating over your head because the air below it is even heavier— the lesser density of the cloud allows it to float on the dryer and more-dense air.
Planes, helicopters- lots heavy stuff not falling faster than lighter ones
https://www.usgs.gov/water-science-school/science/how-much-does-a-cloud-weigh
Planes, helicopters- lots heavy stuff not falling faster than lighter ones
Try dropping your phone from a hot air balloon and see which one hits the ground first.
A hot air balloon masses a lot but weighs nothing
Theres a yo’ mama joke in there somewhere.
If you want to be pedantic, it weighs less than nothing.
If you want to be really pedantic, it weighs a lot, but the upward buoyant force from Archimedes’ principle counteracts it completely, and then some.