1. Layers of the Atmosphere

2. Check out the Northern Lights NASA | The Mystery of the Aurora - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/auroras http://www.youtube.com/Dance of the Spirit (Auroras) http://www.youtube.com/auroras, Alaska NASA | The Mystery of the Aurora - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/auroras http://www.youtube.com/Dance of the Spirit (Auroras) http://www.youtube.com/auroras, Alaska

3. StudyJams click the link then type “atmosphere” into the search box. StudyJams StudyJams

18. Jet Stream Air Movement DON’T FORGET THE JET STREAM………It affects our weather patterns…..what layer of the atmosphere is it located in?

19. Why Study the Atmosphere? http://www.theozonehole.com/atmosphere.htm http://www.theozonehole.com/atmosphere.htm

20. http://weathervortex.com/images/clouds-14.jpg

21. http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/images/cloudchart.gif

23. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/nonpwdpubs/young_naturalist/images/pg_ 134_135_clouds_lg.jpg

25. Cloud Types

26. 20,000 – 43,000 ft Cirrus High Level wispy, feathery, hairlike, delicate fibers, streaks or plumes

27. Cirrocumulus High Level Appears as tufts, in lines or groups, sometimes in ripples

28. Cirrostratus High Level Veil of fused sheets of ice crystals, milky. Sun and moon halos.

29. Cloud Types Mid-level

30. Altocumulus Middle Level Patches of cotton balls

31. Altostratus 6,500 – 20,000 ft. Altostratus Middle Level Thin to thick with no halos, sun’s outline just visible, grey day

32. Cloud Types Low Level

33. Nimbostratus Grey dark low clouds with drizzling rain

34. Stratus Low Level Uniform, featureless, grey, like high fog

35. Stratocumulus Low Level Soft, grey, globular mases in lines, groups, or waves, heavy rolls, irregular overcast patterns.

36. Cloud Types Vertically developed

37. Cumulus Vertically developed Sharply outlined, puffy, billowy, flat based, swelling tops, fair weather

38. Cumulus Vertically developed Sharply outlined, puffy, billowy, flat based, swelling tops, fair weather

39. Cumulonimbus Vertically developed Dense, heavy, dark massive thunderstorms hard showers, explosive top, great vertical development cirrus topped plume blown into anvil shaped head.

40. Cumulonimbus Vertically developed Dense, heavy, dark massive thunderstorms hard showers, explosive top, great vertical development cirrus topped plume blown into anvil shaped head.

41. Jet Stream Air Movement DON’T FORGET THE JET STREAM………It affects our weather patterns…..what layer of the atmosphere is it located in?