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Title
Storm Clouds Rolling
Artist
Peggy Franz
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Cloud watching or observing is for dreamers, scientists, nature lovers. While it may be tempting to refer to those big fluffy things as "heavy, rain-sodden or dark," if you're interested in cloud classification, it's fun (and useful) to know the terminology. First invented by the English scientist Luke Howard, the classification for clouds is divided by their height: low, middle and high altitudes, their shape: cumulus and stratus, and by the weather they bring with them.The shape of clouds will tell you a lot about the stability of the atmosphere.The height of the clouds will tell you the distance of any approaching storm.Shape and height of clouds together will tell you the likelihood of precipitation (rain/snow/hail).Fun facts: Some UFO sitings are actually the result of cloud shapes. Lenticular (lens-shaped) clouds in particular are typically associated with warm fronts on the lee side of mountain ranges.Nimbostratus clouds are dark, low level clouds, followed by light to moderate rainfall, and often continuous in nature. This cloud type frequently forms what looks like a sheet of cloud. Low lying clouds are generally made of water droplets, and can bring snow as well as rain. They're distinguishable from the aforementioned clouds because of their dark, big, and gloomy looking appearance.
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September 17th, 2013
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