Clouds and Weather flashcard by Halter

Front

The predominant direction of wind flow across the continental United States: northerlies, southerlies, easterlies, westerlies

Back

westerlies

Front

What cloud type is a flat wide sheet/layer? Options: cirrus, stratus, cumulus, fog

Back

stratus

Front

What cloud type is puffy, round, and soft looking? Options: cirrus, stratus, cumulus, fog

Back

cumulus

Front

What cloud type forms at ground level? Options: cirrus, stratus, cumulus, fog

Back

fog

Front

What cloud type is high, wispy, and smeared looking?

Back

cirrus

Front

Cloud type that expands upward into an anvil or mushroom shape:

Back

cumulonimbus

Front

Cloud type that is flat, low, dark, and rainy: nimbostratus, stratocumulus, cumulonimbus, altocumulus

Back

nimbostratus

Front

Cloud type that is flat on bottom but fluffy on top: nimbostratus, stratocumulus, cumulonimbus, altocumulus

Back

stratocumulus

Front

Cloud type that is made of wide grids of loosely connected puffs:

Back

altocumulus

Front

Lines on the weather map that indicate pressure level in millibars:

Back

isobars