1. Cloud Classification

2. Cloud Classification
Clouds are classified based on altitude and shape.

3. Cloud Lingo Cumulus = puffy and rounded
Stratus = flat and blanket-like
Cirrus = high level (above 20,000 ft.)
and thin/wispy
Alto = middle level (6, ,000 ft.)
Nimbus = rain
What would you call a cloud that looks like a sheet at an altitude of 10,000 ft?
What would you call a puffy rain cloud?

4. 4 Major Groups of Clouds High Clouds: above 20,000 ft.
Middle Clouds: between 6, ,000 ft.
Low Clouds: below 6,000 ft.
Clouds with vertical development

5. High Clouds
Composed of ice crystals
Thin and wispy

6. Middle Clouds
Composed of water droplets and ice crystals

7. Low Clouds
Composed mostly of water droplets

8. Vertical Development Clouds

9. Cloud Types

10. Cirrus

11. Cirrocumulus

12. Cirrostratus

13. Altocumulus

14. Altostratus

15. Nimbostratus

16. Stratus

17. Stratocumulus

18. Cumulus

19. Cumulonimbus

20. QUIZ TIME!!! Classify the following clouds…
Take out a blank sheet of paper and number it 1-15

21. 1

22. 2

23. 3

24. 4

25. 5

26. 6

27. 7

28. 8

29. 9

30. 10

31. 11

32. 12

33. 13

34. 14

35. 15