We have been taking advantage of a very wet spring and identifying clouds daily. I have posted cloud charts by the outside doors with a pencil and paper do the kids can record what they see. We will be doing more on clouds but wanted to seize the moment.
Cumulus (means heap or pile ) White billowy, looks like cotton balls
Cumulonimbus (thunderheads) Tall clouds
Altocumulus
Stratus ( means layer) Usually flat, gray and lower to the ground.
Nimbostratus (rain ) dark heavy stratus clouds ready to burst with rain
Altostratus
Cirrus (means wisp or curl) Thin feather like wisp.
Stratocumulus low heavy layer of puffy gray clouds.
Cirrostratus thin translucent spread out like a sheet.
Cirrocumulus
Lenticular ( means shaped like a lens)
Generally form over mountain in low pressure areas.
Fog
A stratus cloud that has formed on the surface of the earth.
If the prefix alto is addend to the family name then it is referring to clouds found a higher altitudes.
When the suffix nibus or prefix nimbo is added to the family name it means that the cloud produces precipitation.
http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/cldchart.html (great printable chart )
http://www.mlms.logan.k12.ut.us/science/weather/cloud_types.htm
http://www.cloudman.com/atlas.htm
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satmet/modules/clouds/index.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/clouds/cloud_types.html&edu=elem
The Usborne Book of Weather Facts by Anita Ganeri
The Weather Book by Michael Oard
http://funnel.sfsu.edu/courses/gm309/labs/global_clouds/global_clouds.html What are clouds????
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/cloud1.htm Cloud in a Bottle Experiment
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