Let’s Take a Look at Clouds
Cumulus
• Cumulus means
heaped.
• They are puffy white
clouds that drift
across the sky on a
bright summer day.
• When they are small
and scattered, they
are a sign of fine
weather.
Cumulonimbus
• These clouds
resemble cumulus
clouds, but are much
higher.
• Rain falls from these
clouds, lightning is
produced, and causes
the rumble of thunder.
Altocumulus
• These small, white,
puffy clouds
sometimes drift
across the sky
looking like dozens of
small, loose
cottonballs.
Cirrus
• When you see cirrus
clouds you can be
sure that the air is
very dry.
• Sailors once used
cirrus clouds as a
wind warning.
Cirrocumulus
• A layer of cloud
consisting of tiny
individual cloudlets at a
high level is called
cirrocumulus.
• They may make a rippled
pattern or sometimes look
like scales on a fish- a
sign that unsettled
weather is on its way.
Cirrostratus
• This cloud is so thin it
is almost transparent.
• It often signals
changing weather.