https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx Cloud identification guide en-us 2023-10-12 15:35:47 UTC 2023-11-16 21:58:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2601.png loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743859284 Fog is a man-made cloud which stands right above us, blocking our view. Fog makes accidents happen such  as  car accidents. Which looks about 10 feet or more/less.

]]> 2023-10-12 15:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743859284 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743862122 Cumulus clouds are clouds that have flat bases and are often described as puffy, cotton-like, or fluffy in appearance. Their name derives from the Latin cumulus, meaning "heap" or "pile". Cumulus clouds are low-level clouds, generally less than 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in altitude unless they are more vertical cumulus congestus form. Cumulus clouds may appear by themselves, in lines, or in clusters.]]> 2023-10-12 15:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743862122 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743866418  Stratus clouds are low-level clouds characterized by horizontal layering with a uniform base, as opposed to convective or cumuliform clouds formed by rising thermals. The term stratus describes flat, hazy, featureless clouds at low altitudes varying in color from dark gray to nearly white. The word stratus comes from the Latin prefix strato-, meaning "layer".Stratus clouds may produce a light drizzle or a small amount of snow. These clouds are essentially above-ground fog formed either through the lifting of morning fog or through cold air moving at low altitudes, 0-2,000 m, (0-7,000 ft)]]> 2023-10-12 15:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743866418 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743869190 Lenticular clouds  are man-made clouds (Latin: Lenticularis lentil-shaped, from lenticula lentil) are stationary clouds that form mostly in the troposphere, typically in parallel alignment to the wind direction. They are often comparable in appearance to a lens or saucer. Nacreous clouds that form in the lower stratosphere sometimes have lenticular shapes.they can go from up to 12,000 m, to (40,000 ft)]]> 2023-10-12 15:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743869190 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743871208 Cumulonimbus (from Latin cumulus 'heaped', and nimbus 'rainstorm') is a dense, towering vertical cloud, typically forming from water vapor condensing in the lower troposphere that builds upward carried by powerful buoyant air currents. Above the lower portions of the cumulonimbus the water vapor becomes ice crystals, such as snow and graupel, the interaction of which can lead to hail and to lightning formation, respectively. When occurring as a thunderstorm these clouds may be referred to as thunderheads. Cumulonimbus can form alone, in clusters, or along squall lines. These clouds are capable of producing lightning and other dangerous severe weather, such as tornadoes, hazardous winds, and large hailstones. Cumulonimbus progress from overdeveloped cumulus congestus clouds and may further develop as part of a supercell. Cumulonimbus is abbreviated Cb. this cloud can reach to as much as 12,000 m (39,000 ft), with extreme instances as high as 21,000 m (69,000 ft).]]> 2023-10-12 15:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743871208 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743879182 A nimbostratus cloud is a multilevel, amorphous, nearly uniform, and often dark-grey cloud that usually produces continuous rain, snow, or sleet, but no lightning or thunder.
Although it is usually a low-based cloud, it actually forms most commonly in the middle level of the troposphere and then spreads vertically into the low and high levels. Nimbostratus usually produces precipitation over a wide area. The prefix nimbo- comes from the Latin word nimbus, which denotes "cloud" or "halo" Downward-growing nimbostratus can have the same vertical extent as most large upward-growing cumulus, but its horizontal expanse tends to be even greater. The height of this cloud is 500–5,500 m (2,000–18,000 ft).

]]> 2023-10-12 15:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743879182 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743881249 Altostratus is a middle-altitude cloud genus made up of water droplets, ice crystals, or a mixture of the two. Altostratus clouds are formed when large masses of warm, moist air rise, causing water vapor to condense. Altostratus clouds are usually gray or blueish featureless sheets, although some variants have wavy or banded bases. The sun can be seen through thinner altostratus clouds, but thicker layers can be quite opaque.
Altostratus clouds usually predict the arrival of warm fronts. Once altostratus clouds associated with a warm front arrive, continuous rain or snow will usually follow in the next 12 to 24 hours. Although altostratus clouds predict the arrival of warmer, wetter weather, they themselves do not produce significant precipitation. Thunderstorms can be embedded in altostratus clouds; however, bringing showers.
Because altostratus clouds can contain ice crystals, they can produce some optical phenomena like iridescence and coronas.These clouds can go from About About 6,500 to 23,000 feet .

]]> 2023-10-12 15:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743881249 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743885091 Cirrocumulus is one of the three main genus types of high-altitude tropospheric clouds, the other two being cirrus and cirrostratus. They usually occur at an altitude of 5 to 12 km (16,000 to 39,000 ft). Like lower-altitude cumuliform and stratocumuliform clouds, cirrocumulus signifies convection. Unlike other high-altitude tropospheric clouds like cirrus and cirrostratus, cirrocumulus includes a small amount of liquid water droplets, although these are in a supercooled state. Ice crystals are the predominant component, and typically, the ice crystals cause the supercooled water drops in the cloud to rapidly freeze, transforming the cirrocumulus into cirrostratus. This process can also produce precipitation in the form of a virga consisting of ice or snow. Thus, cirrocumulus clouds are usually short-lived.They usually only form as part of a short-lived transitional phase within an area of cirrus clouds and can also form briefly as a result of the breaking up of part of a cumulonimbus anvil.

Properly, the term cirrocumulus refers to each cloud, but is typically also used to refer to an entire patch of cirrocumulus. When used in this way, each cirrocumulus element is referred to as a "cloudlet".


]]> 2023-10-12 15:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743885091 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743887076 Cirrostratus /ˌsɪroʊˈstrɑːtəs/ is a high-altitude, very thin, generally uniform stratiform genus-type of cloud. It is made out of ice-crystals, which are pieces of frozen water. It is difficult to detect and it can make halos. These are made when the cloud takes the form of thin cirrostratus nebulosus. The cloud has a fibrous texture with no halos if it is thicker cirrostratus fibratus. On the approach of a frontal system, the cirrostratus often begins as nebulous and turns to fibratus. If the cirrostratus begins as fragmented of clouds in the sky it often means the front is weak. Cirrostratus is usually located above 5.5 km (18,000 ft). Its presence indicates a large amount of moisture in the upper troposphere. Clouds resembling cirrostratus occasionally form in polar regions of the lower stratosphere. Polar stratospheric clouds can take on this appearance when composed of tiny supercooled droplets of water or nitric acid.]]> 2023-10-12 16:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743887076 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743890041 Cirrus (cloud classification symbol: Ci) is a genus of high cloud made of ice crystals. Cirrus clouds typically appear delicate and wispy with white strands. Cirrus are usually formed when warm, dry air rises, causing water vapor deposition onto rocky or metallic dust particles at high altitudes. Globally, they form anywhere between 4,000 and 20,000 meters (13,000 and 66,000 feet) above sea level, with the higher elevations usually in the tropics and the lower elevations in more polar regions.]]> 2023-10-12 16:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743890041 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743891996 Altocumulus (From Latin Altus, "high", cumulus, "heaped") is a middle-altitude cloud genus that belongs mainly to the stratocumuliform physical category characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches, the individual elements being larger and darker than those of cirrocumulus and smaller than those of stratocumulus. However, if the layers become tufted in appearance due to increased air mass instability, then the altocumulus clouds become more purely cumuliform in structure. Like other cumuliform and strato cumuliform clouds, altocumulus signifies convection. A sheet of partially conjoined altocumulus perlucidus is sometimes found preceding a weakening warm front, where the altostratus is starting to fragment, resulting in patches of altocumulus perlucidus between the areas of altostratus. Altocumulus is also commonly found between the warm and cold fronts in a depression, although this is often hidden by lower clouds. Altocumulus generally forms about 2,000 to 6,100 meters.]]> 2023-10-12 16:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743891996 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743893939 Contrails (/ˈkɒntreɪlz/; short for "condensation trails") or vapor trails are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust or changes in air pressure, typically at aircraft cruising altitudes several miles above the Earth's surface. Contrails are composed primarily of water, in the form of ice crystals. The combination of water vapor in aircraft engine exhaust and the low ambient temperatures that exist at high altitudes allows the formation of the trails. Impurities in the engine exhaust from the fuel, including sulfur compounds (0.05% by weight in jet fuel) provide some of the particles that can serve as nucleation sites for water droplet growth in the exhaust. If water droplets form, they might freeze to form ice particles that compose a contrail.Their formation can also be triggered by changes in air pressure in wingtip vortices or in the air over the entire wing surface. Contrails, and other clouds directly resulting from human activity, are collectively named homogenitas . These clouds are approximately 25,000 to 35,000 feet.

]]> 2023-10-12 16:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743893939 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743896013 Mammatus (also called mamma or mammatocumulus, meaning "mammary cloud") is a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically a cumulonimbus raincloud, although they may be attached to other classes of parent clouds. The name mammatus is derived from the Latin mamma (meaning "udder" or "breast"). According to the WMO International Cloud Atlas, mamma is a cloud supplementary feature rather than a genus, species or variety of cloud. The distinct "lumpy" undersides are formed by cold air sinking down to form the pockets contrary to the puffs of clouds rising through the convection of warm air. These formations were first described in 1894 by William Clement Ley. The mammatus cloud isa bout 1500 feet in the air.]]> 2023-10-12 16:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743896013 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743899049 A stratocumulus cloud, occasionally called a cumulostratus, belongs to a genus-type of clouds characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumulus, and the whole being at a lower height, usually below 2,000 metres (6,600 feet) Weak convective currents create shallow cloud layers because of drier, stable air above preventing continued vertical development. Historically, in English, this type of cloud has been referred to as a twain cloud for being a combination of two types of clouds.


]]> 2023-10-12 16:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2743899049 loweln1_ https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2753362349 Kyrie is so cool - Kyrie]]> 2023-10-18 20:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/loweln1_/c05i3j3blii33bwx/wish/2753362349