CLOUDS OF VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT

HOW CLOUDS FORM

• Water evaporates from lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water.

CLASSIFICATIONS:

• -High level
• -Middle level
• -Low level
• -Clouds of Vertical Development

TYPES:

• Each group of cloud has many different types of clouds in that group.
• In clouds of vertical development there are three types:
• Cumulus
• Cumulonimbus
• Nimbostratus

WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF:

• They are typically made up of ice crystals
• In their lower parts however it is mostly water droplets

WHAT THEY BRING:

• They bring severe weather
• Lightning storms
• Tornados
• And if it is over the ocean it can cause water spouts and sometimes hurricanes

THAT IS ALL