Cloud Types And Symbols Flashcards
What is the symbol for fog or mist?
A circle with an x inside it
What is the symbol for 0/8 cloud cover?
An empty circle
What is the symbol for 1/8 cloud cover?
A circle with a vertical line down the middle
What is the symbol for 2/8 cloud cover?
A circle with the top right hand quarter coloured in
What is the symbol for 3/8 cloud cover?
A circle with the top right hand quarter coloured and a vertical line down from the middle
What is the symbol for 4/8 cloud cover?
A circle with the right half coloured
What is the symbol for 5/8 cloud cover?
A circle with the right half coloured and a horizontal line going from the middle to the left
What is the symbol for 6/8 cloud cover?
A circle with the right half coloured and the bottom left quarter coloured
What is the symbol for 7/8 cloud cover?
A full coloured circle with a blank vertical line down the middle
What is the symbol for overcast or 8/8 cloud cover?
A full coloured circle
What is the symbol for rain?
A full stop / dot
What is the symbol for drizzle?
An comma
What is the symbol for showers?
An upside down hollow triangle
What is the symbol for snow?
An astrix or a star (* with 6 points)
What is the symbol for hail?
An upright solid triangle
What is the symbol for fog?
Three parallel horizontal lines
What is the symbol for mist?
Two parallel horizontal lines
What is the symbol for thunderstorms?
A K with an arrow on the bottom right line with a line on top
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What is the symbol for thunderstorms with hail?
The thunderstorm symbol with a hollow triangle on top above the line
Where is ‘high’ in terms of clouds?
6km to 8km
What are the 3 high clouds?
Cirrus
Cirrostratus
Cirrocumulus
What are the 2 middle clouds?
Altocumulus
Altostratus
Where is ‘middle’ in terms of clouds?
2km to 6km
What are the 4 low clouds?
Stratus
Nimbostratus
Cumulus
Stratocumulus
What is the vertical cloud?
Cumulonimbus
