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13 Cards in this Set
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Cirro
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High level cloud filled with ice crystals
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Cirrus
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Look like horsetails or someone blowings.
High and wispy. Good weather but can mean change on the way. |
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Cirrocumulus
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Look like fish scales.
They line up in tiny rows of ice crystals. Good weather. |
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Cirrostratus
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High blanket type cloud.
Good weather. |
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Contrails
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Created by condensed trail left behind airplanes.
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Alto
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Mid-level clouds.
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Altostratus
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Mid-level blanket type.
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Altocumulus
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Like very high smaller cotton balls.
Rain or snow likely or cloudy skies. |
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Stratocumulus
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Low to mid-level clouds.
Rain or snow very likely. |
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Cumulus
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Puffy white clouds that have flat bottoms.
Fair weather unless they grow tall later in the day which could lead to storms. |
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Stratus
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Spread out layers of clouds that blanket.
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Cumulonimbus
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Very high cotton balls or marshmallows with very dark flat bottoms.
Can produce thunderstorms or lightening. |
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Nimbostratus
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Low level blanket clouds.
Produces all day precipitation. Nimbus refers to rain or storm. |
