Friday, October 1, 2010

Are Those Cumulonimbus Clouds?

This morning it was raining medium. I thought the clouds looked like cumulonimbus clouds that make storms with lightning and thunder. In the summer we went camping in the mountains and it was pouring one night with lightning and thunder. It was scary!!! Those were cumulonimbus clouds. It was hard for me to fall asleep. I felt nervous this morning when I saw the clouds. Mom looked online and we watched a video about the different kinds of clouds.
I looked at a cloud paper and decided the clouds were not cumulonimbus. I thought they might be stratus clouds because they were grey and not so puffy and were smooth. Then, I found out that if there was rain with the clouds then they were nimbostratus and stratus clouds. Here is what the morning looked like and the cloud sheet that helped me know the types of clouds.















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1 comment:

  1. That's awesome Will! I love looking at the clouds in the sky. Do you know what kind of cloud are the ones that are light and fluffy that you can see shapes in? Typically you see them on sunny days.

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