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4/9/2017 1 …and weather prediction Clouds, snow, and rain are all made of up of some form of water. Cloud = tiny water droplets and/or ice crystals Rain = liquid water Snowflake = many ice crystals Common sources of moisture for the US are warm moist air masses mT, mP, mE How do clouds form? Think about the cloud lab.

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…and weather prediction

Clouds, snow, and rain are all made of up of some form of water. Cloud = tiny water droplets and/or ice crystals

Rain = liquid water

Snowflake = many ice crystals

Common sources of moisture for the US are warm moist air masses

mT, mP, mE

How do clouds form? Think about the cloud lab.

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The presence of clouds tells a change is coming

Understanding cloud types helps us predict the changes

British pharmacist and chemist Luke Howard (1803) 

Meteorologists have used the system ever since, with minor modifications

Clouds are given Latin names corresponding to 

‐ their appearance 

‐ their altitude

‐ whether they create precipitation

1. Height 

a) Low  Strato‐ (layer)

b) Mid  Alto‐ (high, tall)

c) High  Cirro‐ (curl – thin high)

2. Shape 

a) Fluffy  cumulus (heap)

b) Layered  stratus (layered)

c) Wispy  cirrus (curl)

3. Produce precipitation  nimbus

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Strato‐

Low layered clouds

Form when air rises slowly

Can look like fog that doesn’t touch the ground

Can produce light drizzle

When stratus breaks up and dissipates blue sky is often revealed

Low and fluffy

Small clumps (about the size of a fist)

Can produce drizzle

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Low clouds with precipitation

Produce continuous rain or snow

Usually associated with a ________________

Fluffy, fair‐weather clouds

Develop vertically when air rises rapidly due to daily convection; it appears in the morning, grows, and then more or less dissolves again toward evening

Can combine into a cumulonimbus cloud

Fluffy with precipitation

Heavy dense cloud taking the shape of a mountain or huge tower

The upper portion is usually high and flat

Produce thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes

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Alto‐

Mid‐level layered cloud

Sheets or layers of clouds that may totally or partially cover the sky

They are thin enough to see the sun, but do not allow shadows on the ground to form

At times, they may produce rain associated with a _____________

Mid‐level fluffy clouds

The most common mid cloud, often appears with other cloud types

Multiple layers may appear at different levels concurrently

Can create a corona passing in front of the sun or moon (colored rings with red outside and blue inside)

Often form in front of a _________ and result in thunderstorms

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Cirro‐

High‐level curled 

Wispy delicate white patches or narrow bands

Composed of ice crystals

Before sunrise and after sunset, cirrus is often colored bright yellow or red and are lit up long before other clouds and fade out much later

High, layered

Transparent, whitish veil clouds 

Usually covers the whole sky

Distinguished from cirrostratus by the halo phenomena produced by the sun or the moon

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High fluffy

Uncommon cloud

Degraded state of cirrus and cirrostratus 

Thin, white patch, sheet, or layered of clouds without shading 

Composed of very small elements in the form of more or less regularly arranged grains or ripples