Cirrus is Latin for hair. These wispy, hair- like clouds occur at the highest parts of the atmosphere. Made primarily of ice crystals, their hooked strands often indicate upper wind direction.


Cumulus is Latin for heaps. These are the puffy, cotton-like shapes that most people think of when they imagine clouds. Created by convection and composed mainly of water droplets, they can indicate fair weather or transform into rainclouds.


Stratus is Latin for layers. These clouds are usually found closest to the earth, forming a blanket in the sky (think of fog or the haze of a rainy day). They can also mean layers of any of the other cloud types: cirrostratus or stratocumulous, for example.


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Cloud Basics: 3 Main Categories of Clouds 1.


Based on author Jen Henderson’s descriptions, can you tell which cloud is which? 2. 3.


1. Cumulus 2. Stratus 3. Cirrus


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