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Weather Words: 'Cloud Classification'

There are other cloud classification systems too, such as the National Weather Service's cloud chart, which classifies clouds ...
The 10 basic cloud types are classified by height (high, mid, low) and predict different weather patterns. Cloud names incorporate roots like cirro, strato, cumulo, nimbo, or alto, based on their ...
With Michigan's changeable weather, residents get to see a lot of different cloud formations — fluffy cumulus, wispy cirrus and dark, threatening cumulonimbus — and recognizing what weather each type ...
Rainbows sometimes appear in the sky after a downpour, while water droplets still are lingering in the air. Those droplets, like a prism, bend white light from the sun into an arc of red, orange, ...
Clouds - they cause rain, decreased visibility, and fun shapes in the sky. A cloud is made up of a large amount of very small water droplets or even ice crystals (depending on the altitude of the ...
With the overcast weather we have been experiencing lately, it is no secret that clouds have dominated our skies. But what kinds of clouds are these blankets that continuously keep our sky gray? And ...
In light of this very challenging time and with students out of the classroom, the Doppler 9&10 Weather Team wants to help bring weather lessons to you at home! Every week day Doppler 9&10 ...
Did you know that there are over 100 different cloud types? Even though there are over 100, these cloud types can be grouped into smaller subtypes basic types depending on their general shape and ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – On one Wednesday each month, storyteller Allante Walker will team up with two members of the WATE 6 Storm Team, meteorologists Victoria Cavaliere and Michael Autovino, to ...