GUIDE TO CLOUDS

CUMULUS CLOUDS

• Cumulus clouds are puffy. They look like cotton!
• The base of the cloud may only be 330 feet above the ground.
• Cumulus clouds bring fair weather.

STRATUS CLOUDS

• Stratus clouds are grayish and cover the entire sky.
• Usually there is no precipitation with these clouds but sometimes there is a drizzle.
• They look like fog that hasn't reached the ground.

CIRRUS CLOUDS

• Cirrus clouds are thin and wispy.
• They are nicknamed high clouds because they are 20,000 feet off the ground.
• They generally mean pleasant weather.

FOG

• Fog is a cloud formed near the ground.
• Fog usually form on clear, cold nights.
• It has to have a lot of moisture in the air to form.

CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS

• They form cumulus congestus clouds continue to grow vertically.
• The base of the cloud is no more than 1,000 feet from the ground.
• They bring lighting and thunder and sometimes violent tornadoes.