CIE-IGCSE-physical geography-weather-Cloud

This pdf is used for IGCSE cloud topic

1. I wandered lonely as a cloud,
That floats on high over valleys
and hills….

3. hair pile layer

4. Low, puffy and
piled up

5. Uniform, thin to
thick layered
clouds

6. Broad and flat on
the bottom, puffy
on top

7. Medium height,
small puffy clouds,
patchy lines

8. Thin and uniform

9. Thin wispy high
clouds

10. High, small, puffy
and patchy

11. Cirro- given to high
altitude clouds- means
wisp of hair.
Cumulo- means heap
and refer to piles of
clouds.
Stratus- means layer
and refers to flat wide
layered clouds.
Alto- middle level

12. Tall, fluffy angry
looking grey
clouds

13. Nimbo (prefix) or nimbus (suffix)- is used for clouds that bring rain.

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How cloud cover extent is measured?
It is estimated by eye,
looking directly overhead,
and expressed in the number of oktas
(eighths)of he sky covered with cloud.