Clouds
high clouds- 6 km & upward (@6km is when temp. reaches freezing)
-small amount of water vapor and to temperatures
-thin white & composed of ice cirrus, circumlocutions, cirrostratus,
cirrus
cirrocumulus
cirrostratus
middle clouds-
composed of H2O
alto cumulus-settled weather
alto stratus- changing weather
alto cumulus
alto stratus
low clouds-
occur as general overcast often widespread & are associated of somber skies & drizzly rain
- stratus, stratcumulus stratonimbus- rain clouds
stratus
stratcumulus
stratonimbus
Vertical clouds-
low bases but reaches of 15 km
- indicates very active vertical movement in the air
verticle clouds fair weather
Fog
cloud (usually stratus in nature) that forms on the ground