Check your cloud chart to be sure you have the information correct:

1. Check your cloud chart to be sure you have the information correct: • Cirrus: description—thin, wispy (curly) shaped clouds • Form @ high altitudes; indicates strong winds; indicates a change in the weather • Cumulus: description: white, puffy • Puffy clouds w/flat bottoms; form when warm air rises; indicate fair weather

2. Check your cloud chart to be sure you have the information correct: • Stratus: description—gray blanket like • Cover large areas; form in layers; fog is this type of cloud only it is located near the ground instead of the sky; can cover/block the sun; continuous rain comes from these clouds • Cumulonimbus: description—tall, anvil shaped clouds • Tall, puffy clouds w/flat bottoms that rise high into the air (often called anvil shape); produces thunderstorms

3. Types of Clouds Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus, and, Cumulonimbus Clouds are formed by CONDENSATION.

4. Name this cloud: • Typically found at high altitudes. • Thin, wispy clouds • composed of ice crystals that originate from the freezing of super cooled water droplets. • generally occur in fair weather and point in the direction of air movement at their elevation.

5. Name this cloud: • comes from Latin, means “to spread out”. • are usually low clouds seen on an overcast day. • clouds often block out the sun. • Usually produce light to heavy continuous rain. • Fog can be considered this type of cloud.

6. Name this cloud: • comes from Latin, “means heap or pile”. • are usually puffy with distinct edges and usually a noticeable vertical (upward) development. • Can be the beginnings of thunderstorms

7. Name this cloud: • Clouds usually associated with thunderstorms • Rise high into atmosphere & have an anvil shape

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