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Patricks Discovery Of Clouds!

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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🍤PATRICKS DISCOVERY OF CLOUDS!🌟

BY, MEGAN MEINDERSEE

CUMULUS CLOUDS

  • Cumulus clouds are puffy clouds that sometimes look like pieces of floating cotton.
  • A cumulus cloud is usually only 1,000 m. (330 ft.) above the ground.
  • Cumulus clouds usually produces thunder storms.

STRATUS CLOUDS

  • Stratus clouds are grayish clouds that often cover the entire sky.
  • Stratus clouds resemble fog but does not reach the ground.
  • Usually no precipitation falls from stratus clouds but sometimes it might rain a little.

CIRRUS CLOUDS

  • Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy clouds.
  • They are considered "high clouds" forming above 6,000 m. (20,000 ft.)
  • Cirrus clouds usually mean pleasant weather.

FOG

  • Fog can simply be defined as a cloud touching the ground.
  • The foggiest place in the U.S. is Point Reyes,C.A. which has over 200 days of fog a year.
  • Long, cool autumn nights cause the air near the ground to chill, causing the formation of fog to happen in fall.

NIMBUS CLOUDS

  • Nimbus clouds are dark clouds that have a lot of moisture in them.
  • A nimbus cloud has an altitude of about 6,500 ft.
  • Nimbus clouds usually participate as rain, snow, hail, or sleet.

ASSISTANT, PATRICK STAR