The notes that CLOUD your mind

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The notes that CLOUD your mind

• Chapter 5

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Clouds

• Visible aggregates of minute droplets of liquid
  water or tiny crystals of ice.
• Tell us what is going on in the atmos at that
  time and place.
• Helps us forecast the weather.

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Classification of Clouds

• Based on HEIGHT SHAPE
• 10 BASIC cloud types. (p. 106-107)

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3 Forms (Shapes)

• Cirrus- high, white, thin. Described as feathery
  or wispy.
• Cumulus- white and puffy with flat base
• Stratus- cover the entire sky (or most of it).
  Grey clouds

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Cirrus
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Cumulus
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Cumulus on a day when Bause gives too many notes
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Stratus (typical MI cloud)
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HEIGHT

• High-level Clouds (Cirro)
• Above 6000 m
• Made of ice
• Mid-level Clouds (Alto)
• 2000-6000 m
• Low-level Clouds (Strato)
• less than 2000

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Cirrostratus

• As the name sounds High and Flat
• fibrous or smooth cloud that covers much of the
  sky
• Can produce a halo around the sun or moon

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Cirrocumulus

• White patches of cells or ripples.
• Often called mackerel sky, similar to the
  design on mackerel fish.

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Altocumulus

• Sometimes hard to distinguish with cirrocumulus
• They should have a distinct outline because they
  are made of water, not ice

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Altostratus

• Cover most or all of sky.
• Thicker than cirrostratus, no halos.
• Associated with warm fronts

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Stratus

• Thick layer of clouds covering most (or all) of
  the sky. Cannot see the sun.
• Can produce rain

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Stratocumulus

• Low cumulus clouds covering most of the sky

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Nimbo or Nimbus

• Rain clouds
• Nimbostratus clouds produce moderate rain.
• Cover the entire sky and are low alt.

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Clouds of Vertical Development (VDCs)

• Do not fit into one height category. Can extend
  from low to high altitudes.
• 2 types cumulus and cumulonimbus

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Cumulonimbus (Anvil Heads)

• Sever weather producers (lightning, thunder,
  hail, high winds, tornadoes, flying cows).
• Caused by warm air rising.

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The End!

• Now, get the hail to work!