Clouds

The clouds

-cumuliform; rain clouds

Stratiform clouds; cool earth

Orographic clouds; when the air is stable, air rises and can cause thunder storms at the top of mountains.

-cirrus clouds; absorbs infrared from earth and cause green hous gas effect

Nacreous clouds;form at the earths poles and destroys stratospheric ozone

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Cirrocumulus clouds; whites patches of clouds signaling the coming of rain or snow in a day or two.

Cirrostratus clouds exist at over 20,000 feet and  are too thin to hide the moon or sun.

Contrails are long thin clouds formed by airplane engine exhaust.

Altocumulus clouds have white and gray clouds in them and exist between 6500 feet to 20000 feet.

Undulatus asparagus clouds seen with blus sky background.

Altocumulus castellanus clouds that look like turrets of a castle. If they exist in morning cloud foretell rain or thunderstorms later in day

Stratocumulus clouds cover large area of the sky with breaks. They have rounded cumuliform shape

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Stratus clouds have gray layers. They rarely produce drizzle, small ice crystal and snow grains

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Nimbostratus clouds dark clouds that appear with  rain or snow

Altostratus clouds are sheets and are thin and gray could foretell f a coming storm.

Fair weather cumulus clouds. These small puffy clouds signal dry weather for the early morning. Thunderstorms may occur in afternoon

Cumulus congested clouds towers high in the sky with cauliflower shapes at top. Could grow into thunderstorms.

Cumulonimbus clouds are the only one called a thunderstorm.

Pyrocumulus clouds form over large fires

Billow clouds form wave formation ]in the clouds. Can create ocean waves

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Supercell thunderstorm clouds are the most dangerous but least common thunderstorm they produce de]adly tornados

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Shelf and roll clouds break away from parent thunderstorm