Vocab
What does the prefix "Cirro" mean?
Wisp of hair
This cloud is a massive and dense storm cloud that produces lots of rain.
Cumulonimbus
Are Stratus clouds high, mid, or low altitude clouds?
Low, below 6,500ft
What is the first process of how clouds are formed?
Evaporation or warm air/water vapor rising.
This cloud is a Mid altitude cloud, being gray/blueish sheets of cloud, in thin uniform layers.
Altostratus
What does the prefix "Alto" mean?
High
High altitude clouds that are wispy and thin, and have layers.
Cirrostatus
Are Cirrostratus clouds high, mid, or low altitude clouds?
High, Above 18,000ft
What is the second step of how clouds are formed?
This cloud is a low altitude cloud are flat on the bottom and puffy on the top.
Stratocumulus
What does the prefix "Nimbo" mean?
Rain or storm
This cloud is High altitude, thin, wispy, and looks like feathery strips in the sky.
Cirrus
Are Altostratus clouds high, mid, or low altitude clouds?
Middle, 6,500ft-18,00ft
What is the third step of how clouds are formed?
The air or water vapor, cools or condenses, turning back into water or ice crystals.
This cloud is low altitude cloud, that looks puffy and piled/heaped, and looks like cotton.
Cumulus
What does the prefix "Cumulo" mean?
Heap or Pile
This cloud is High altitude and, thin, white, and patchy formation.
Cirrocumulus
Are Cirrus clouds high, mid, or low altitude clouds?
High, 18,000ft
What is the fourth step of how clouds are formed?
The liquid water combines with other water or ice crystals to form a cloud.
This cloud is a low atitude cloud, being flat and thick clouds, like a blanket.
Stratus
What does the prefix "Strato" mean?
Layer
This cloud is a mid level altitude. These clouds form in groups that look like cotton balls.
Altocumulus
Are Nimbostratus clouds high, mid, or low altitude clouds?
Low, below 6,500ft
What is the last step of how clouds are formed?
The cloud gains more water, and when it gets too heavy, it causes precipitation(or deposit) in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
This cloud is a low altitude cloud that can produce precipitation, and is flat and dark in color.
Nimbostratus