1. Types of Clouds

2. It’s all in the name! Prefixes: Suffixes:
Cirro/us – means “curl of hair”, high altitude
Alto – means “tall”, medium altitude
No prefix – low altitude
Nimbo – means rain
Suffixes:
Cumulus – means heap or pile, fluffy clouds
Stratus – means layers

3. Altitude = Composition
Cirro/us – high altitude clouds are made purely of tiny ice crystals
Alto – medium altitude clouds are usually mixed liquid water and ice crystals
No prefix – low altitude clouds are made of only liquid water
Nimbostratus – liquid water drops get too big and fall to the surface

4. 1. Cirrus

5. 2. Cirrocumulus

6. 3. Cirrostratus

7. 4. Altostratus

8. 5. Altocumulus

9. 6. Stratus (Dodge)

10. 6. Stratus (cloud)

11. 7. Cumulus

12. 8. Nimbostratus

13. 9. Cumulonimbus

14. 9. Cumulonimbus (from space)

15. Weird clouds… (you don’t need to know these)
Mammatus

16. Weird clouds… (you don’t need to know these)
Lenticular

17. Weird clouds… (you don’t need to know these)
More Lenticular clouds

18. Remember: It’s all in the name!
Prefixes:
Cirro/us – means “curl of hair”, high altitude
Alto – means “tall”, medium altitude
No prefix – low altitude
Nimbo – means rain
Suffixes:
Cumulus – means heap or pile, fluffy clouds
Stratus – means layers

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