2. CIRRUS CLOUDS
Cirrus clouds are the type of cloud that is very wispy and
large. Cirrus clouds usually do not associate with rain.
They are as high as 20,000 feet in the air. This kind of
cloud is usually white.
Cirrus Cloud
From Weather Wiz Kids
Small Cirrus
From Wiz kids
Wispy Cloud
From Cloud Types
3. CUMULUS CLOUDS
Did you know that the Cumulus cloud is the puffy clouds you
see? The Cumulus clouds may be 1,000 meters (about 3,000 ft)
high.
Cumulus Clouds from Wikipedia
4. THE CUMULUS CLOUD
SOMETIMES LOOK LIKE THIS:
The Cumulus cloud
mostly looks like a big
ball of a puffy clouds
all in one. The most
times you would
usually see a Cumulus
cloud is on a sunny
day.
Cumulus clouds the top right is from
Wikipedia bottom one from USA today
top left from USA today
5. CUMULONIMBUS
Cumulonimbus are thunderstorm clouds. Made by cumulus
clouds. They produce lightning, tornados and thunder. These
clouds mean bad weather. Cumulonimbus clouds are about 300
meters off the ground from there dark bases (or 1000 feet).
Large amounts of energy is made by the condensations of
water vapor inside the cumulonimbus cloud.Cumulonimbus top from
Cumulonimbus Pic
S’COOL
Cumulonimbus cloud from From Cloud Types
Wikipedia
6. CUMULONIMBUS
High winds can flatten the top of a cumulonimbus cloud.
When that happens it looks like a anvil like shape. The anvil
shaped cloud usually points in the way it is moving.
Cumulonimbus Cumulonimbus clouds are
cloud pic from
Weather Wiz bigger and more vertically
Cumulus pic
Kids made than cumulus. from Cloud
Cumulonimbus from Cloud Types
Types Classification
7. STRATUS CLOUDS
Stratus clouds are clouds that usually cover the whole sky.
They resemble fog, and are one of the “lower” clouds. They
can be up to 6,000 feet in the air. They sometimes produce a
slight drizzle or sprinkle. This type of cloud is mostly grey.
Stratus Cloud
From Weather Wiz Kids
Fog Another Stratus
From Cloud Types From Cloud Types
