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Types of Clouds

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  • What is the name of the thunderstorm cloud? Spell it out too.
    cumulonimbus
  • What is the latin name of the raincloud?
    nimbus or nimbo
  • Which clouds are usually the coldest?
    cirrus
  • What shape does a storm cloud sometimes take?
    an anvil
  • What is the name of cloud that look like heaps or packs?
    cumulus
  • Which rainclouds bring dreary, drizzling rain?
    nimbostratus
  • Which cloud is the highest?
    cirrus
  • Which clouds are made of ice crystals?
    cirrus
  • What cloud can foretell the change in the weather?
    cirrus
  • Which clouds is known as mares' tali?
    cirrus
  • Which cloud associated with hazy sun and drizzling rain?
    stratus
  • The cloud look like layer or sheet.
    stratus
  • Which cloud is known as mackerel sky?
    cirrocumulus
  • What is the Latin word of middle high sky?
    Alto
  • Which parts of the clouds do weather men study?
    shape, height, colour and movement
  • What are the names of the 3 basic types of clouds?
    Cirrus, Cumulus and Stratus
  • Which clouds form at any height and extend across the whole sky?
    stratus
  • The cloud that look like wisp of curly hair.
    cirrus
  • The cloud that never precipitate ........... (cirrus / cumulus / stratus)
    cirrus
  • Name 3  low clouds.
    cumulus, stratus , nimbostratus , stratocumulus
  • Name 2 middle high  cloud
    Altocumulus and Altostratus
  • Fog is associated with........................ cloud.
    stratus
  • 3 basic types of clouds are named according to their .................
    shape
  • Name all of the high clouds.
    cirrus, cirrocumulus and cirrostratus