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CLOUDS

CLOUDS. Chapter 11 Section 1. Clouds. Clouds are classified mainly by shape and height. The shape and height of clouds vary with temperature, pressure, and the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. The three main cloud shapes are stratus, cumulus, and cirrus. Clouds: Stratus.

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CLOUDS

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  1. CLOUDS Chapter 11 Section 1

  2. Clouds • Clouds are classified mainly by shape and height. • The shape and height of clouds vary with temperature, pressure, and the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. • The three main cloud shapes are stratus, cumulus, and cirrus.

  3. Clouds: Stratus • Stratus clouds form layers, or smooth even sheets in the sky. • Usually form at low altitudes • May be associated with fair weather or rain or snow. • Stratus clouds may form a cloud called fog when air is cooled to its dew point near the ground.

  4. Clouds: Cumulus • Cumulus clouds are masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases. • They can be associated with fair weather or thunderstorms.

  5. Clouds: Cirrus • Cirrus clouds appear fibrous or curly. • They are thin, white, wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals. • Cirrus clouds are associated with fair weather, but they can indicate approaching storms.

  6. Clouds: Height • Some prefixes of cloud names describe the height of the cloud base. • Cirro- describes high clouds • Alto- describes middle-elevation clouds • Strato- describes low elevation clouds • Prefixes and cloud names may be combined, for example Cirrostratus which describes stratus clouds at a high altitude.

  7. Clouds: Rain or Snow Producing • Rain or snow producing clouds often have the word nimbus attached to them. • The term nimbus is Latin for “dark rain cloud” • Little sunlight can pass through this type of cloud • A thunderstorm is called a cumulonimbus cloud. • Cumulonimbus clouds can reach 18 km in height. • Nimbostratus clouds are layered clouds that can bring long, steady rain or snowfall.

  8. Clouds: Cumulonimbus

  9. Clouds: Nimbostratus

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