Cloud Who?
Who is this??
Cloud Strife
This tropical storm formed August 27 2026 and coincidentally shared its name with a celebrity who passed away just two days before. What’s the name of the storm?
Tropical storm Dolly
What causes rain?
water vapor in the atmosphere cooling, condensing into droplets, and falling to the Earth when they become too heavy.
What’s a Knot
It’s a unit measuring wind speed at 1 nautical mile
A knot is equal to:
1.15 mph
1.85km/h
This cone-shaped cloud occasionally forms at the bottom of a thunderstorm but never touches the ground.
What is the name of the cloud?
Funnel Cloud
In August 2005, a category 5 hurricane devastated Southern America. Many years later a video on Vine went viral calling the storm a tortilla. What’s the real name of the storm?
Hurricane Katrina
What causes freezing rain
Freezing rain occurs when raindrops become supercooled while passing through a subfreezing layer of air hundreds of meters above the ground, and then freeze upon impact with any surface
What does MOIP stand for?
Meteorologist Operational Internship Program
This dark, featureless layer cloud, is full of water vapor and is responsible for rain and snow
Nimbostratus
This large tropical cyclone struck in September of 2010 and is on record for being the storm that caused the most damage to Newfoundland
Hurricane Igor
What causes Fog?
Fog forms when the difference between air temperature and dew point is less than 2.5 °C(4.5 °F)
What’s does it mean if there is a 40 pop in the forecast?
Bonus points if you say what pop stands for?
A 40 pop is a 40% chance of precipitation
bonus answer: Probability of Precipitation
This dark, featureless layer cloud, is full of water vapor and is responsible for rain and snow
Nimbostratus
In 1928 Florida, this storm had a massive storm surge what was responsible for an estimated 2500 deaths, and the storm is named after the lake that it formed on
Name that storm?
Okeechobee Hurricane
What causes the Aurora Borealis(northern lights)
Solar wind colliding with atoms in the atmosphere.
What is a Belt??
Sea-ice terminology meaning a large area of pack/drift ice that is longer than it is wide. It can be from 1 km to more than 100 km in width
This cloud can be found above 20,000 feet and is thin and whispy.
What’s the name of this cloud?
Cirrus
This storm was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded worldwide, with winds reaching 305km/h
Name this storm?
Typhoon Tip
What causes Acid Rain?
Acid Rain has natural causes, and human causes, but most modern days acid rain “man-made”. Pollution from factories, power plants, cars, etc. releases sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the air and mix with water vapor in the clouds and produce Acid Rain
What is Virga
It is rain that evaporates or sublimates before it hits the ground