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Clouds

Clouds. I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o'er vales and hills…. Thin wispy high clouds. Cirrus. High, small, puffy and patchy. Cirrocumulus. Tall, fluffy angry looking grey clouds. Cumulonimbus. Medium height, small puffy clouds, patchy lines. Altocumulus.

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Clouds

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  1. Clouds I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o'er vales and hills….

  2. Thin wispy high clouds Cirrus

  3. High, small, puffy and patchy Cirrocumulus

  4. Tall, fluffy angry looking grey clouds Cumulonimbus

  5. Medium height, small puffy clouds, patchy lines Altocumulus

  6. Thin and uniform Altostratus

  7. Low, puffy and piled up Cumulus

  8. Uniform, thin to think layered clouds, ill-defined Stratus

  9. Broad and flat on the bottom, puffy on top Stratocumulus

  10. Clouds Cirro- given to high altitude clouds- means wisp of hair. Alto- given to mid-altitude clouds- means high. Nimbo (prefix) or nimbus (suffix)- is used for clouds that bring rain. Cumulo- means heap and refer to piles of clouds. Stratus- means layer and refers to flat wide layered clouds. Learn

  11. Clouds With thanks All images are Creative Commons- with except of the cloud diagram- source unknown.

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