Types of Clouds with Weather Vocabulary Review – Flashcards
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Stratus
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low clouds; below 2000m; gray fog like clouds; flat
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Stratocumulus
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clouds that are low-level flat layers of cumulus clouds, that begin to join each other.
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Nimbostratus
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Clouds that are low-level, uniform layer, usually very dark, that bring heavy rain or snow.
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Nimbostratus
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Clouds that are low-level, uniform layer, usually very dark, that bring heavy rain or snow.
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Altostratus
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gray/blue in color; Middle level (6500 - 20,000 ft), gray sheet, thinner layer allows sun to appear as through ground glass. Precipitation: rain or snow.
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Altocumulos
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Middle level (6500 - 20,000 ft) clouds that look white, fluffly ,cotton ball appearance and shape; usually seen when a cold front passes through an area
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Cirrostratus
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high level (20,000+ feet), thin, sheet-like, flat clouds that cover the sky.
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cirrocumulus
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High Level clouds; Small, round, puffy and can form rows or ripples
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Cirrus
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found at high altitudes and appear as thin and wispy sheets with feathery appreance made of ice crystals
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Cumulus
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low level clouds that look like a piece of floating cotton and are associated with good weather
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Cumulonimbus
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A type of cumulus cloud that is tall and gray, and associated with thunderstorms. They are found in all altitude levels.
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anemometer
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an instrument used to measure wind speed
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barometer
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An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
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rain guage
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An instrument used to measure precipitation
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thermometer
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An instrument used to measure temperature
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wind vane
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Instrument used to show wind direction
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Weather
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Condition of earths atmosphere at a particular time and place
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precipitation
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Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earths surface
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snowflake
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a tiny piece of snow. snow falls in flakes that have different shapes
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cloud
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A collection of water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere.
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cold front
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the front of an advancing mass of colder air
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warm front
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a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather
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occluded front
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a front where a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses and brings cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow
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stationary front
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A boundary between air masses that dont move possibly causing rain for several days.
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isobar map
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a map that connects areas of equal air pressure
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isotherm map
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A map where like temperatures on the map are connected by a line
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hygrometer
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measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere
