types of precipitation

1. Types of Clouds
1)Stratus
Blanket Like

2. 2)Cumulus
• Billowy puffy clouds that seem to rise from
flat bottoms

3. 3)Cirrus
• They are wispy feather like .

4. Naming clouds
• we can call the clouds according to their altitude by
adding prefix or suffix.
Example:
Prefix “Cirro “ Clouds formed at high altitude
“Alto “ Middle altitude
“Nimbo” They are clouds bringing
thunder storm
Suffix Nimbus They are clouds bringing
thunder storm

5. Alto stratus Prefix
Cumulo nimbus Suffix
Examples

6. Cloud Cover

7. Types of precipitation
1)Rain
It falls when the temperature is warm .

8. 2) Sleet
• Forms when raindrops freeze and turn into
pellets of ice before falling to earth’s surface.

9. Snow
• It falls when the air becomes cold that water vapor becomes
solid rather than condensing into droplets

10. Hail stones
• As wind pushes raindrops high into the
atmosphere where they turn into ice.

11. • The process repeat as water freezes in layers
and the hail stone grow.

12. Measuring amount of rainfall
• People have measured rainfall for thousands of
years.
• It is especially important for farmers to know how
much rain will fall this year.
• The instrument used to measure rain fall is called
“Rain Gauge”