Clouds

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Clouds
By Ms. Bones Class
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Clouds

• Clouds are made from water vapor
• Clouds are in the sky almost all the time.
• Fog is when clouds are on the ground.

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Cirrus Clouds

• Cirrus clouds are above 18,000 feet.
• Cirrus clouds point to fair or good weather.
• Mares tails are another name for cirrus clouds.
• They move from west to east.
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Stratus Clouds

• Stratus clouds usually cover the whole sky.
• High fogs are another name for stratus clouds.
• High fogs look like a dark low blanket.
• Snow or drizzle sometimes come from stratus
  clouds.
• They can point to bad weather.

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Cumulus Clouds

• Cumulus clouds look like cauliflower.
• They always change shapes.
• They always are low in the sky.
• They also have very flat bottoms.
• Cumulus clouds point to good and bad weather, but
  mostly good.

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Sources
USA Today Stratus Clouds. http//www.usatoday.com/
weather/wstratus.htm USA Today Cirrus
Clouds http//www.usatoday.com/weather/wcirrus.htm
USA Today Cumulus Clouds. http//www.usatoday.com
/weather/wcumulus.htm The Cloud Book by Tomie de
Paola