Cloud Names Meaning
What does Nimbus/Nimbo mean?
What is rain bearing cloud
Clouds at 6,500 feet are called?
What is low level clouds
What clouds are dark gray clouds that produce falling rain or snow
What is Nimbostratus
Clouds that form near the ground are called what?
What is fog
What are clouds made up of?
What is frozen crystals or tiny droplets of water
What does Cumulus/Cumulo mean?
What is puffy, heaped up
High level clouds are formed at altitudes above this?
What is 20,000 feet
What clouds are called fair weather clouds and look like floating cotton
What is Cumulus
What is by air wave patterns formed in the mountains
The process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water or ice crystals?
What is condensation or clouds
What does Cirrus/Cirro mean?
What is wispy, high up
Mid-level clouds are found between these altitudes
What is between 6,500 feet and 20,000 feet
This cloud can often be seen during sunrise or sunset
What is Cirrus
Why do clouds darken or gray
Nimbus comes from a Latin word meaning _____?
What is rain
What does Alto mean?
What is mid level
These clouds spread across the sky and reach up to an elevation of 39,000 feet
What is cumulonimbus
What clouds are made up of water droplets and appear gray and puffy in the sky
What are Altocumulus
What clouds are low, grey, and puffy that can transform themselves into nimbostratus?
What is stratocumulus clouds
Which cloud are dark grey to nearly white and bring light mist or drizzle?
What is stratus clouds
What does Stratus/Strato mean?
What is flat, layered, and smooth
What type of clouds are known as vertical clouds?
What is cumulus and cumulonimbus
What clouds are made up of water droplets, ice crystals, and cover the sky before rain storms?
What is Altostratus
How are Contrail clouds made?
What is they are formed from built up condensation from the hot air of jets that mixes with the air in the environment
Clouds that are similar to very thin sheets and cover large parts of the sky and are transparent? Also, they come 12-24 hours before snow storms?
What is Cirrostratus