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Cloud types
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What are four mechanisms that lift air so that condensation and cloud formation can occur?? | Convergence, Convection, Frontal lifting and physical lifting |
| Cirrocumulus | These clouds indicate when the weather is going to be nice or fair. HIGH CLOUDS |
| cirrus | Cirrus clouds are high-altitude, wispy clouds made of ice crystals, typically found between 20,000 and 60,000 feet. They often indicate fair weather but can also signal an approaching warm front or storm system if they thicken and lower. |
| Cirrostratus | high. Could mean precipitation and they are little dots over long distances. |
| altocumulus | mid altitude appear as patchy layers of rounded masses, rolls, or heaps. They are typically white or gray, composed mostly of water droplets but sometimes ice crystals, and can indicate either fair weather or the potential for thunderstorms depending on |
| altostratus | These indicate the approach of warm weather MIDDLE CLOUDS |
| nibostratus | dark, gray, and featureless clouds that produce steady, continuous precipitation like rain or snow. They are a mid-level cloud type that can cover the entire sky, completely obscuring the sun, and typically have a diffuse, ragged base. |
| stratus | Flat lower to the ground and are an indication of stable conditions or rain |
| cumulus | low-altitude, fluffy, white clouds with a cotton-like appearance that indicate fair weather |
| Stratocumulus | Stratocumulus are low-level, lumpy, gray or whitish clouds that form in layers, patches, or rolls, often with breaks of clear sky. Storms are coming in the form of thunderheads or gusty winds. |
| cumulonimbus | Cumulonimbus clouds are tall, dense clouds that produce severe weather such as thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail, and tornadoes. They form when warm, moist air rises rapidly and can grow to have an anvil-shaped to |
| wall | develops beneath the main base of a thunderstorm strong updrafts |
| roll clouds | tornados, rapid vertical rotation |
| lenticular/cap | There is a strong wind flow down the side of mountains. STATIONARY |
| orographic | air is forced to rise over mountains or hills, causing it to cool and condense into clouds. These clouds often appear on the windward side of the mountain and can lead to precipitation, while the leeward side may be a dry "rain shadow |
| matmmatus | pouch-like formations that hang from the underside of clouds, most often associated with large thunderstorms. They form when sinking, cold air within the cloud creates these distinctive downward bulges, severe weather can be approching. |
| asperitas | distinctive cloud formation with a wavy, chaotic appearance, resembling a turbulent sea from below. formed by instability in the atmosphere |
| What is the difference between the leeward and windward side of a mountain? | weeward is wetter |
| pyrocumulonibus | Cumulonimbus flammagenitus large amounts of smoke and ash mixed with a cumulonimbus |
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