1. Types of Clouds

2. Cirrus Feathery or tufted Looks like horse tails
Are found between 6000 and 12,000 meters
Made of ice crystals
May be followed by rain or snow
Cirrus

3. Cirrus

4. Stratus Means sheets or layers
Flat, gray clouds that cover the whole sky
Are at less than 2,000 meters about Earth’s surface
Often produce mist or drizzle
Stratus

5. Stratus

6. Cumulous Fluffy and white with a flat bottom
Found between 2000 and 6000 meters
“fair weather” clouds
Can be seen on warm, sunny days
Cumulous

7. Cumulous

8. Even more CLOUDS! Fog Nimbus/nimbo Alto
Stratus cloud that is close to the ground
Produced of very small water droplets
Nimbus/nimbo
Means rain cloud
Paired with one of the three main classifications of clouds
Examples: Nimbostratus, cumulonimbus
Alto
Means middle height
Examples: Altostratus, altocumulous
Even more CLOUDS!

9. Fog

10. Nimbostratus
Cumulonimbus
Nimbus

11. Altostratus
Altocumlous
Alto