FACTS ABOUT CLOUDS

CUMULUS CLOUDS

• They are below 6,000 feet in altitude.
• Cumulus clouds have a lot of precipitation.
• Cumulus clouds are puffy and white.

FOG

• Fog is water droplets or ice crystals.
• Water vapor and cold weather are needed to form a fog.
• Fog is below 6,000 feet in altitude
• Fog is misty looks like a blanket when viewed from above.

STRATUS CLOUD

• Stratus clouds are below 6,000 feet in altitude
• Stratus clouds give off a light drizzle of rain or snow.
• They are flat and grey or white.

CIRRUS CLOUDS

• above 18,000 feet
• Indicates rain, but only gives off fall streaks (ice crystals that melt before landing on the ground)
• Cirrus clouds are spread out and light .
• Cirrus clouds form up high with extremely clod weather.

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