🌦️Types of Clouds

Background info re: types of clouds

The 10 main types

Higher the clouds, finer the weather!

• (king) CUMULUS – fluffy clouds, drifting lazily across sunny days. However, can form into bigger ones and Cumulonimbus.

• CIRROcumulus – like rippled sand. Omen of fair weather, usually follows a storm. Dissipate to clear blue sky.

• ALTOcumulus – fair weather, thicker. Usually post storm

• CUMULOnimbus – gathers like an anvil in the sky.

• CIRRUS – high and wispy.

• CIRROstratus – rain/snow coming

• ALTOstratus – boring, wet weather, featureless, overcast.

• NIMBOstratus – steady rain/snow. Depressing.

• STRATOcumulus – Form a low, rolling mass. Light showers but usually dissipates afternoon.

• STRATUS – hill fog. Drizzle. Thick overnight, usually followed by fine day.

Others

• Contrail

• Fibratus

• Undulatus

• Virga

• Cap Cloud

• Volutus

• Arcus

• Radiatus

• Cavum

• Mamma

• Tuba

• Lacunosus

• Lenticularis

• Pileus

• Noctilucent

• Nacreous

• Horseshoe Vortex

• Fluctus

• Asperitas

• Uncinus

• Floccus

• Castellanus

• Distrail

• Pyrocumulus

• Congestus

• Velum

• Pannus

• Fractus

• Murus

Optical Phenomena

• Rainbow

• Corona

• Cloudbow

• Tangent arc

• Parhelic circle

• Rainbow wheel

• Crepuscular rays

Many stories about The Cloudsmen could include an encounter or reference with one of these types or phenomena, and end with an actual reference, thereby teaching kids, even inspiring them to explore the sky above, or the real science going on etc...