What is that cloud?
Stable air, fluffy, seen in warmer seasons
Cumulus
What are clouds classified by?
Height and formation
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Normal airflow is: ___
Horizontal
At what height to low clouds form, and what are they formed of?
Surface height - 6500ft
Composed of water droplets (occasionally ice crystals)
Unstable, looks flat, seen year round
Stratus
What are the two main formation of clouds?
Cumulus and stratus
Air is said to be stable if: ____
It resists change
What is the height range in which fight clouds form, and what are they composed of?
16 500 to 45 000ft
Composed of ice crystals
Tall, mountain or anvil shaped, brings rain and thunder
What are the 4 heights of clouds?
Low, middle, high, clouds of vertical development
In a nutshell, describe stable and unstable air
Stable air = still, unstable = Up!
(Summaries may vary)
At what level do clouds of vertical development form? and what are they associated with?
As low as 1500 ft
Associated with thunderstorms and summer phenomena