1. Types Clouds

2. Discuss with your partner:
If you were planning a picnic on a cloudy day, what type of clouds would be in the sky?
What type of clouds would you observe if it was raining BUT pleasant enough to go for a “walk in the rain”?

3. Making clouds There are two things needed for clouds to form:
Tiny particles (dust, soot, pollen)
Moist air that cooled

4. Cirrus High feathery (feather) Look like white feathers or streamers
Slow moving in fair weather
Rapid moving usually means a change to come

5. Cumulus
Puffy (cotton balls)
Fluffy white
Fair weather

6. Cumulonimbus Bad weather to come (thunder) Like cumulus but larger
Rain and thunderstorms

7. Stratus Horizontal layers (spread sheet) Grey days Look like fog
Light drizzle or snow