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Vocabulary - Clouds, Fog, And Rain

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cirrus cloud a high, feathery cloud made

fog a stratus cloud that forms next to the

of ice crystals

ground

Cirrus clouds mean fair weather for

Fog forms when warm, moist air

now, but perhaps a change within a day.

comes in contact with the cool ground.

cloud a mass of water droplets or ice

nimbostratus cloud a low, gray cloud

crystals that have clustered in the

that produces rain or snow

atmosphere

Nimbostratus clouds are so thick and

Clouds form when water vapor high

dark that they can block sunlight.

in the air cools and condenses on dust

rain liquid precipitation that falls from

particles.

clouds

cumulonimbus cloud a huge, vertical

Raindrops are 1–3 mm in diameter.

cloud that can produce a thunderstorm

Drops of drizzle are less than 1 mm

and hail

in diameter.

Cumulonimbus clouds are also called

rain gauge an instrument used to

thunderheads.

measure rainfall

cumulus cloud a puffy, white cloud with

Rainfall is measured in inches in the

a ﬂ at bottom

United States.

Cumulus clouds are also called fair-

stratus cloud a ﬂ at, gray, layered cloud

weather clouds.

that covers the sky

Stratus clouds mean rain or drizzle is

likely.

WEATHER AND WATER • SECTION 3 CLOUDS, FOG, AND RAIN

Vocabulary - Clouds, Fog, And Rain

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