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    Cloud Types

    What are clouds?


    • A cloud is made up of tiny
    water droplets and/or ice
    crystals, a snowflake is a
    collection of many ice
    crystals, and rain is just
    liquid water.
    Cloud Names
    • Names of specific types of
    clouds are created by
    combining the name of the
    cloud's shape with the
    name of the cloud's height.
    Cloud Classification

    Clouds are classified into a system


    that uses Latin words to describe
    the appearance of clouds as seen
    by an observer on the ground.

    Latin Root Translation Example


    cumulus heap fair weather cumulus
    stratus layer altostratus
    cirrus curl of hair cirrus
    nimbus rain cumulonimbus
    Clouds
    There are 3 main types of clouds:
    • Cumulus or fluffy clouds
    • Stratus or layered clouds
    • Cirrus or thin feathery clouds

    Cumulus Stratus Cirrus


    Common Cloud Types
    Common Cloud Types
    Cirrus
    Cirrus
    • The word cirrus comes
    from a Latin word and
    means a tuft or curl of hair.
    Cirrus clouds are very
    wispy and feathery
    looking.
    Cirrus
    Cirrus
    • The long stringy cirrus clouds
    are called "mares' tails."
    Cirrus
    High Level Clouds
    • High-level clouds form above
    20,000 feet (6,000 meters)

    • Since the temperatures are so


    cold at such high elevations,
    these clouds are primarily
    composed of ice crystals.

    • High-level clouds are typically


    thin and white in appearance,
    but can appear in a magnificent
    array of colors when the sun is
    low on the horizon.
    Cirrus Clouds
    • Cirrus generally occur in fair weather and
    point in the direction of air movement at
    their elevation.
    • Cirrus clouds usually move across the sky
    from west to east.
    Cirrus Clouds
    Low Clouds = Stratus

    • Stratus
    • Stratocumulus
    • Nimbostratus
    Stratus Clouds
    Stratus Clouds
    Low clouds are of made of
    water droplets. However,
    when temperatures are cold
    enough, these clouds may also
    contain ice particles and snow.
    Stratus Clouds
    Stratus Clouds
    Stratus
    The word stratus comes from the
    Latin word that means "to spread
    out." Stratus clouds are
    horizontal, layered clouds that
    stretch out across the sky like a
    blanket.
    Stratus Clouds
    • Stratus Clouds stretch across
    the sky in low, large flat
    layers. They resemble fog,
    but they do not reach the
    ground. They often produce
    mist or drizzle.
    Fair Weather Cumulus
    Cumulus Clouds
    Cumulus Clouds
    • Fair weather cumulus have the
    appearance of large, puffy,
    floating cotton balls and have a
    lifetime of 5-40 minutes.
    • The word cumulus comes from
    the Latin word for a heap or a
    pile.
    Cumulus Clouds
    • Harmless fair weather cumulus
    clouds can later develop into
    towering cumulonimbus clouds
    associated with powerful
    thunderstorms.
    Cumulonimbus Clouds
    Cumulonimbus Clouds
    • The clouds that produce heavy
    thunderstorms in summer are a form of
    cumulus clouds called cumulonimbus.

    • Cumulonimbus clouds are much larger and


    vertically developed than fair weather
    cumulus.

    • Cumulonimbus clouds may extend upward


    for hundreds of meters.

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