Cool Clouds

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Cool Clouds
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How do Clouds effect the Earths weather?
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Do you have any CLOUD experience?
Well, I have looked at clouds in the sky since I
was a little kid. One time I saw a cloud that
looked like a .
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What is a Cloud made of?

• Water (vapor)

? Something for the water to hold onto
? Change in temperature (cooler)
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200 years ago, Luke Howard used Latin words to
name the cloud types.
Cumulus means pile and describes heaped, lumpy
clouds Cirrus means hair and describes wispy
looking clouds. This term is also used to
describe high level clouds Stratus means layer
and describes clouds that form in sheets and do
not have any unique features
Cirrus means hair and describes wispy looking
clouds. This term is also used to describe high
level clouds
Stratus means layer and describes clouds that
form in sheets and do not have
any unique features
Cumulus means pile and describes heaped, lumpy
clouds
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Cumulus lumpy Cirrus wispy
Stratus - layered
Special Cloud Terms
Nimbus means cloud and describes low grey rain
clouds
Alto describes mid level clouds (not real high
or low but in the middle)
Contrails short for condensation trails are
the only man-made cloud
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Cumulus lumpy Cirrus wispy
Stratus layered Nimbus raining Alto
mid-level Contrails - streaks
Name Combinations
Cirrocumulus
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Cumulus lumpy Cirrus wispy
Stratus layered Nimbus raining
Alto mid-level Contrails - streaks
Name Combinations
Stratocumulus
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Cumulus lumpy Cirrus wispy
Stratus layered Nimbus raining
Alto mid-level Contrails - streaks
Name Combinations
Nimbostratus
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Cumulus lumpy Cirrus wispy
Stratus layered Nimbus raining
Alto mid-level Contrails - streaks
Name Combinations
Altocumulus
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Cumulus lumpy Cirrus wispy
Stratus layered Nimbus raining
Alto mid-level Contrails - streaks
Name Combinations
Altostratus
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Cumulus lumpy Cirrus wispy
Stratus layered Nimbus raining
Alto mid-level Contrails - streaks
Name Combinations
Cirrostratus
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Cumulus lumpy Cirrus wispy
Stratus layered Nimbus raining
Alto mid-level Contrails - streaks
Name Combinations
Cumulonimbus
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What happens when a Cloud gets full?
It Rains !!!!
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Cool Clouds

• Created by Judy Walker
• NC NASA ERC Director
• University of North Carolina Charlotte