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Clouds are classified into 4 main layers, with one layer which occurs extremely high up. They can be divided into the four 'families'. High clouds, which are Family A Middle clouds, which are Family B Low clouds, which are Family C Vertical clouds, which are Family D High clouds, which include ones such as Cirrocumulus and Cirrus clouds, occur at heights of around 30,000 feet. They generally have a very wispy appearance, generally due to the fact that a large portion of them are ice crystals. This is because the temperature at these altitudes can be well below freezing point. Middle clouds, such as the Altostratus cloud, are found at about 15,000 feet. The Altostratus cloud is generally grey or dark, like a rain cloud. However they are not so dark that you cannot see the sun through them! Low clouds include Cumulus, Stratocumulus and Cumulonimbus clouds. They are found around 6,500 feet, and are characterised by their much more defined 'cloud like' features. Cumulus clouds are the stereotypical cloud, quite heavy with a whispy edges. Cumulonimbus clouds however are storm clouds, and are very tall and dense. The heigh can reach well over 50,000 feet! The other cloud group appears in the mesosphere and the stratosphere, which is just below the mesosphere. They are typically made completely from ice due to the high altitudes.
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What type of precipitation grows in layers each time it is pushed up or down in the cloud?
Hail
Clouds are named by their shape and?
by where they form in the atmosphere and their shape- ombudsmanHoward noted that there are three basic shapes to clouds:heaps of separated cloud masses with flat bottoms and cauliflower tops, which he named cumulus (Latin for heap);layers of cloud much wider than they are thick, like a blanket or a mattress, which he named stratus (Latin for layer);wispy curls, like a child's hair, which he called cirrus (Latin for curl).To clouds generating precipitation, he gave the name nimbus (Latin for rain).Clouds are found in three layers in the lower atmosphere. Thus, with four types of clouds and three layers, we come up with 12 major cloud types that have evolved from Howard's pioneering work.Heaps:Cumulus familyFair weather cumulusSwelling cumulusCumulus congestusLayers: Stratus familyStratusaltostratuscirrostratusLayered HeapsstratocumulusaltocumuluscirrocumulusPrecipitating cloudscumulonimbuscirrusnimbostratus
What is an example of a flat cloud and a puffy cloud?
temperture
What would be the conclusion for the experiment ''liquid layers''?
Instead of all the liquids mixing together, they form separate layers like a rainbow. They go in order with most dense on the bottom, and least dense on the top. When you do this experiment, you can use food coloring to differentiate the different liquids.
What is the correct order of fossilization?
organism dies sediments make layers buried in sediment erosion exposes fossils minerals replace bone and shell
What type of clouds spread over the sky in layers?
Techinally the kind of cloud that spreads over the the sky in layers is the cumulonimbus cloud, but the cumulonimbus cloud spreads out in THICK layers over the sky. The question would be if the cumulonimbus cloud really does spread over the sky in layers.
What cloud type looks like layers?
a stratus cloud
What are clouds that are formed in layers?
Stratus is the cloud in flat layers
How many cloud layers does Jupiter have?
Jupiter has 3 layers of clouds.
What clouds that form in flat layers?
Stratus is the cloud in flat layers
What is the name of a cloud that forms blanket like layers?
i believe it is a cumulonimbus cloud
What does a cummulus cloud look like?
layers
Why is it typical to view a computer network as a cloud?
just like a cloud network is composed of layers.
Does carbon have cloud layers?
i think it does so yes
What cloud type forms in horizontal layers?
stratus
What cloud forms layers of water droplets?
cumulus clouds form layers with water droplets
A type of a cloud that forms in flat layers and often covers much of the sky?
This type of cloud would be known as a stratus cloud
