Cloud Types
These clouds look like fluffy white cotton balls and usually mean fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
You see cirrus clouds in the sky. What could you predict?
What is weather will change in 24–48 hours?
If temperatures are above 90℉ every day, the weather is described as this.
What is very hot?
This type of front causes a sudden drop in temperature.
What is a cold front?
This describes conditions at a specific time and place.
What is weather?
These clouds are thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals high in the sky.
What are cirrus clouds?
Morning cumulus clouds are growing taller and darker. What might happen later?
What is a storm may form?
A city’s temperatures are steadily increasing each month. What season is it
What is spring?
This front brings slow warming and days of cloudy, rainy weather.
What is a warm front?
This describes average conditions over a long time.
What is climate?
These clouds form a gray blanket and often bring drizzle or steady rain.
What are stratus clouds?
The sky is covered in gray stratus clouds all day. What weather is likely?
What is steady rain or drizzle?
Temperatures drop from 65℉ to 45℉ over several months. What season is it?
What is fall?
After a cold front passes, what happens to the weather?
What is it becomes cooler and clearer?
“Atlanta averages 50 inches of rain per year” is an example of this.
What is climate?
You look up and see clouds that resemble white hair spread across the sky.
What are cirrus clouds?
Clouds stay small, white, and fluffy all day. What is most likely?
What is fair weather will continue?
A city has highs of 95℉ in July and August. How would you describe it?
What is very hot and humid?
When two air masses meet, what type of weather usually occurs?
What is rainy weather?
“It is 52℉ and drizzling today” is an example of this.
What is weather?
These clouds may start small in the morning but can grow into storm clouds later.
What are cumulus clouds?
You see cirrus clouds, then clouds slowly thicken over the day. What is likely coming?
What is a weather change or storm system is approaching?
Temperatures are the lowest of the entire year on a graph. What season is it?
What is winter?
When air masses meet, what happens to warm air?
What is it rises?
A place that stays above 64℉ all year belongs to this climate zone.
What is tropical?