Weather Flashcards
What is the name of a cloud that consumes a rain or a thunderstorm?
A Cumulonimbus cloud.
What are the towering masses that cumulus clouds build into named?
Cumulus Congestus or Swelling Cumulus.
What is a stratus cloud that forms on the ground called?
It is called a ground fog.
What are forms of precipitation?
Rain, (drizzle), snow, sleet and hail.
When to cirrus clouds develop?
Cirrus clouds develop 20-30 hours before the arrival of a warm front.
What are clouds made up of?
Tiny water droplets and/or ice crystals.
When does hail form?
Hail forms in the depth of a thunderstorm.
Where is weather usually happening?
In our planet’s troposphere.
What are jet streams?
Narrow bands of high speed upper atmospheric winds.
What are the three basic shapes of clouds?
Cumulus, stratus and cirrus are the three basic shapes of clouds.
What do Cumulus clouds look like?
Dome shaped balls of cotton
What is above the troposphere?
The stratosphere
What are cirrus clouds?
They are Thin, wispy, high level clouds formed of ice crystals
How does fog “burn off’’?
The sun comes up and heats the ground
What forms dew?
Objects that cool off very quickly
