Types of Clouds

1)StratusBlanket Like

2)Cumulus • Billowy puffy clouds that seem to rise from

flat bottoms

3)Cirrus• They are wispy feather like .

Naming clouds• we can call the clouds according to their altitude by

adding prefix or suffix.

Example:

Prefix “Cirro “ Clouds formed at high altitude

“Alto “ Middle altitude

“Nimbo” They are clouds bringing thunder storm

Suffix Nimbus They are clouds bringing thunder storm

Alto stratus Prefix

Cumulo nimbus Suffix

Examples

Cloud Cover

Types of precipitation

1)Rain It falls when the temperature is warm .

2) Sleet• Forms when raindrops freeze and turn into

pellets of ice before falling to earth’s surface.

Snow • It falls when the air becomes cold that water vapor becomes

solid rather than condensing into droplets

Hail stones • As wind pushes raindrops high into the

atmosphere where they turn into ice.

• The process repeat as water freezes in layers and the hail stone grow.

Measuring amount of rainfall

• People have measured rainfall for thousands of years.

• It is especially important for farmers to know how much rain will fall this year.

• The instrument used to measure rain fall is called “Rain Gauge”