COOL CLOUDS

CUMULUS CLOUD

• Cumulus clouds form below 6,000 feet.
• They are white puffy and they look like cotton balls.
• They last for about forty minutes.

STRATUS CLOUD

• Stratus clouds form at about 6,000 feet.
• They are layered.
• They look kind of like really big mattress.

CIRRUS CLOUDS

• Cirrus clouds form 20,000 feet.
• The temperature is so low up there ice crystals form.
• Ice crystals is the result of the freezing of super cold water drops.

FOG

• Fog is basically a cloud on the ground.
• In fog is misty water.
• Usually fog means later it will be sunny.

NIMBUS CLOUDS

• Nimbus clouds mean thunder storms.
• Nimbus means it's already raining or snowing on the inside.
• Produces precipitation