Basic Navigation Leading Cadet Training Cloud Formations Lecture

Basic Navigation Leading Cadet Training Cloud Formations Lecture 6

Cloud Formations Clouds are named according to both their shape and their height. There are three main types of cloud: Cirrus Cumulus Stratus

Cloud Formations Is a thread or hair-like cloud. Is a lumpy or heaped cloud. Is a featureless layer of cloud. Cirrus The basic names of clouds may be combined, and the prefixes Cirro. Alto- or Strato- added Cumulus to identify the height at which the cloud is occurring. Stratus

Cloud Formations signifies High Cloud signifies Medium Cloud signifies Low Cloud So as well as Cirrus, Cumulus and Stratus we also have – Cirrostratus and Cirrocumulus (High Stratus and. Alto. Cumulus. Stratocloud) Cirro. Altostratus and Altocumulus (Medium Stratus and Cumulus cloud) Stratocumulus (Low Cumulus cloud)

Cloud Formations There is another word we must understand – Nimbus (Latin for rain) Cumulus may be combined with nimbus to give Cumulonimbus – a heaped rain cloud. And a layer cloud from which rain is falling is called Nimbostratus.

Cloud Formations Cirrostratus Cirrus Hair-like Cirrocumulus High Cloud CIRRO Our rain threebearing cloud basic clouds heights clouds Altostratus Stratus Layered Cumulonimbus Medium Cloud ALTO Altocumulus Stratocumulus Low Cloud STRATO Nimbostratus Cumulus Lumpy

Cloud Formations Cumulo-nimbus Nimbo-stratus Cirro-cumulus Alto-cumulus Cirro-stratus Alto-stratus Cumulus Stratus Cirrus - -Featureless –A‘hair’ lumpy and or‘thread’ layer heaped of like cloud.

Cloud Formations HIGH LEVEL Cirro-Stratus Cirro-Cumulus Alto-Stratus Alto-Cumulus Cumulo-Nimbus Nimbo-Stratus Cumulus MEDIUM LEVEL LOW LEVEL

Check of Understanding Stratus is what type of cloud? Hair-like Featureless layer Thread-like Lumpy or heaped

Check of Understanding When alto is used as a prefix in a name of a type of cloud, that cloud may be found at: Any level Low level Medium level High level