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clouds. By: SYDNEY RHOADES. STRATUS. HEIGHT IN FEET=BELOW 6,OOO FEET DESCRIPTION:THEY LOOK LIKE FOG THAT DOSE NOT TOUCH THE GROUND . PRECIPITATION&WEATHER: LIGHT MIST OR DRIZZEL IS SOMETIMES ASSOCIATED WITH STRATUS CLOUDS AND GRAYISH COLOR AND COVER ALL THE SKY.

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  1. clouds By: SYDNEY RHOADES

  2. STRATUS • HEIGHT IN FEET=BELOW 6,OOO FEET • DESCRIPTION:THEY LOOK LIKE FOG THAT DOSE NOT TOUCH THE GROUND . • PRECIPITATION&WEATHER: LIGHT MIST OR DRIZZEL IS SOMETIMES ASSOCIATED WITH STRATUS CLOUDS AND GRAYISH COLOR AND COVER ALL THE SKY.

  3. NIMBOSTRATUS • HEIGHT IN FEET=BELOW 6,000 FEET • DESCRIPTION:THEY ARE DARK GRAY WITH A RAGGED BASE. • PRECIPITATION&WEATHER:THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINUOUS RAIN OR SNOW AND OR SNOW

  4. ALTOSTRATUS • HEIGHT IN FEET=BELOW 6,000 FEET TO 20,000 FEET • DESCRIPTION:A ALTOSTRATUS CLOUD USUALLY COVER THE WHOLE SKY AND HAS A GRAY OR BULE-GRAY APPEARANCE. • PRECIPITATION&WEATHER:AN ALTOSTRATUS CLOUD USUALLY FORMS AHEAD OF STORMS WITH CONTINUOUS RAIN OR SNOW. OCCASIONALLY RAIN WILL FALL FROM AN ALTOSTRATUS CLOUD.

  5. CIRRUS • HEIGHT IN FEET=ABOVE 18,ooo feet. • Description:they are composed entirely of ice and consist of long,thin wispy streamers they are commonly known a ‘MARE’S” TAILS BECAUSE OF their appearance. • PERCIPITATION&WEATHER: cirrus clouds are usually white and predict fair weather.

  6. cirrocumulus • HEIGHT IN FEET=ABOVE 18000 FEET • DESCRIPTION:THEY ARE Small rounded puffs that usually appear in long rows. Cirrocumulus are usually white but sometimes appear gray. • PRECIPITATION&WEATHER: if these clouds cover a lot of the sky it’s called a “MACKEREL SKY” because the sky look’s like the scales of a fish cirrocumulus are usually seen in the winter time and indicate fair but cold weather

  7. cirrostratus • HEIGHT IN FEET=up to 2500 feet. • DESCRIPTION:they are sheet like thin clouds that usually cover the entire sky. • PRECIPITATION&WEATHER:cirrostratus clouds usually come 12-24 hours before a rain or snow storm this especially true if middle group clouds are associated with it.

  8. cumulus • HEIGHT IN FEET=6,000 feet • DESCRIPTION:they are puffy white or light gray clouds that look like floating cotton balls. Cumulus clouds have sharp outlines and flat bases. • PRECIPITATION&WEATHER:cumulus clouds can be associated with good or bad weather rain or snow

  9. altocummulus • HEIGHT IN FEET=6,000 to 20,000 feet. • Description:they are grayish-white with one part of the cloud darker than the other. Altocumulus cloudsusually form in groups. • PRECIPITATION&WEATHER:if you see altocummulus clouds on a warm humid morning then expect thunderstorms by late afternoon or light showers.

  10. cumulonimbus • HEIGHT IN FEET=from really close to the ground to up to 50,000 feet up. • DESCRIPTION: they are generally known as thunderstorm clouds a cumulonimbus clouds can grow up to 10 km heigh. At this height high winds will flatten the top of the cloud outinto an anvi-like shape. • PRECIPITATiON&WEATHER: cumulonimbus clouds are associated with heavy rain ,snow,hail,lighting,and tornadoes.

  11. stratocumulus • HEIGHT IN FEET=below 6,000 feet. • DESCRIPTION:these clouds are low,lumpy,and gray. Theseclouds can look like cells under a microscope sometimes they line up in rows and other times they spread out. • PRECIPTATION&WEATHER:ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITION GENERALLY IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE.

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