This Presentation all about Clouds and its Classification.. All Pictures and Photographs are Captured In Naturally at Ampara - Sri Lanka...

1. CLOUDS
RM.NIKZAAD
(Readings BSc.in Agricultural Resource Management and Technology),
Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Ruhuna - Sri Lanka

2. What is Clouds..?
• A visible mass of condensed watery vapor
floating in the atmosphere, typically high
above the general level of the ground.

3. Classification Of Clouds
Clouds
Height
High Clouds
Middle
Clouds
Low Clouds
Appearance
Cirrus
Cumulus
Stratus

4. High Level Clouds - heights of 5 – 13km
 Cirrus - Look like Fibrous, threadlike, white
feather clouds of ice crystals.
 Cirrostratus - Milky, translucent cloud veil of
ice crystals.
 Cirrocumulus - Fleecy cloud; Cloud banks of
small, white flakes.

5. Type:- Cirrus Place:- Kalmunai (Ampara)
Time:- Friday, Sep, 2017
08.30AM

6. Type:- Cirrostratus Place:- Kalmunai (Ampara)
Time:- Friday, Sep, 2017
09.15AM

7. Type:- Cirrocumulus Place:- Kalmunai (Ampara)
Time:- Sunday, Sep, 2017
09.00AM

8. Mid Level Clouds - heights of 2 – 7km
Altocumulus - Grey cloud bundles, sheds or
rollers, compound like rough fleecy
cloud.
Altostratus - Dense, gray layer cloud, which
lets the sun shine through only a
little.

9. Type:- Altocumulus Place:- Kalmunai (Ampara)
Time:- Friday, Sep, 2017
10.30AM

10. Type:- Altostratus Place:- Kalmunai (Ampara)
Time:- Friday, Sep, 2017
05.45PM

11. Low Level Clouds - heights of 0 – 2km
Stratocumulus - Cloud plaices, rollers or banks
compound dark gray layer cloud.
Stratus - Evenly grey, low layer cloud, which
causes fog or fine precipitation.

12. Type:- Stratocumulus Place:- Kalmunai (Ampara)
Time:- Friday, Sep, 2017
10.00AM

13. Type:- Stratus Place:- Kalmunai (Ampara)
Time:- Sunday, Sep, 2017
06.00PM

14. Other Types
• Cumulus Humilis –Kalmunai –Fri,Sep,2017 11.00AM

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