Clouds
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Cirrus cloud
cirrus-they are thin, are blown by high winds into stream form. they generally mean fair pleasant weather.
cirrocumulus clouds
cirrocumulus-made of ice crystals, thin white patches, small ripples. appear in the winter may indicate cold weather.
cirrostratus-
thin, sheetlike, cover most of the sky. they are so thin that the moon and sun shine through. they appear 12-24 hours before a rain storm or snow storm appears.
alto cumulus clouds
occur on a humid morning so thunderstorms could be coming, made of water droplets, look like parallel waves.
alto stratus
indicate changing weather,general gray to bluish gray, come before a rain storm.
stratus
usually gray they cover most of the sky, they look like fog, dont touch the ground, general overcast
stratocumulus
low lumpy layers of clouds, vary in color as blue or gray, rain rarely occurs
strato nimbus
dark grey wet looking, continuously raining or snowing. occur during a storm.
cumulus
puffy clouds, looks like cotton, turn into thunderstorm clouds.
cumulonimbus
bring storms, thunderstorm clouds, deal with heavy storms, the clouds usually point where the storm is going.
fog
how fog forms-when cool air passes over a warm body of water or moist land. In general we see that fog is formed whenever there is a temperature difference between the ground and the air. When the humidity is high enough and there is enough water vapor or moisture fog is sure to form
4 types of fog
radiation fog- results when the ground loses heat through radiation usually at night, ground is warmer than the air, and increases the dew point when the air cools due to the lose of radiation the dew point is reached and a cloud and or fog is formed.
advection fog- when warm, moist air, moves horizontally over a cold surface such as snow- covered ground or a cold ocean current ( sea to land)
upslope fog- created by adiabatic cooling when humid air climbs a topographic slope.
evaporation fog- when water vapor is added to cold air that is already near saturation.