Cloud Spotting (activity)

Spotting Different Types of Clouds

Cirrus: Usually the highest in the sky, forming streaks across the sky; sign of a change in weather is to come.

Cirrocumulus: Tiny balls of icy clouds, look like the scales on a fish.

Altocumulus: Medium-height clouds, look like flattened balls of cotton.

Cumulonimbus: Towering clouds that give us thunderstorms and tornadoes

Thunderhead: Mushroom shape clouds; marks the site of an intense thunderstorm

Stratus: Thick layers; lay close to the ground, look like silver disks when the sun shines through them.

Cumulus: Fluffy, easiest to spot, low-level clouds sometimes gives light showers.