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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CIRRUS

They are composed of ice and are thin, wispy clouds blown in high winds into long streamers. Cirrus clouds are usually white and predict fair to pleasant weather.
Photo by hehaden

ALTOCUMULUS

mid level clouds that are made of water droplets and appear as gray puffy masses.
Photo by Nicholas_T

NIMBOSTRATUS

dark gray, wet looking cloudy layer associated with continuously falling rain or snow.
Photo by brownpau

CUMULUS

white, puffy clouds that look like pieces of floating cotton.
Photo by gromgull

CONTRAILS

condensation trails left behind jet aircrafts
Photo by James Loesch

CIRROCUMULUS

ARE THUNDERSTORM CLOUDS
Photo by alana sise

ALTOSTRATUS

are gray or blue-gray mid level clouds composed of ice crystals and water droplets.
Photo by muffinn

STRATUS

uniform grayish clouds that often cover the entire sky
Photo by gatomato

STRATOCULUMUS

low, puffy and gray.
Photo by Nicholas_T

WALL CLOUD

large, localized, persistent,

SHELF CLOUD

low, horizontal, wedge-shaped

FRACTUS

small, ragged
Photo by Restitvtvs

MAMMATUS

low hanging bulges that droop from cumulonimbus cloud
Photo by Flying Jenny

FOG

a cloud on the ground.
Photo by Steve took it

HOLE PUNCH CLOUD

CAUSED BY JETS
Photo by Andrew Ruiz

LENTICULAR

are caused by a wave wind pattern created by the mountains
Photo by JunCTionS