Post on 30-Mar-2021
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Cloud Identification FlashcardsThere are 76 clouds here to practice your cloud identification skills.
There are 10 possible cloud names originally from Luke Howard’s 1803 naming scheme:
Then there are four more informal cloud ‘types’ used here:
Cloudwatching tutorial here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe09Qu9baac
Cumulus · Altocumulus · Cirrocumulus · Stratocumulus · CumulonimbusStratus · Altostratus · Cirrostratus · Nimbostratus · Cirrus
Lenticular · Mammatus · Pileus · Virga
** Answers begin on page 22 **
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
13 14
15 16
17 18
19 20
21 22
23 24
(snowing)
25 26
27 28
29 30
31 32
33 34
35 36
37 38
39 40
41 42
43 44
45 46
47 48
45 46
47 48
53 54
55 56
57 58
59 60
(snowing)
61 62
63 64
65 66
67 68
69 70
71 72
73 74
75 76
Answers
Cumulonimbus
Lenticular
Altocumulus
Cumulus
1 2
3 4
Cirrostratus
Cumulus
StratocumulusCumulonimbus
5 6
7 8
Stratus Cirrus
Lenticular Cumulonimbus
9 10
11 12
Cirrus Stratocumulus
Altocumulus Altostratus
Cumulus
13 14
15 16
Altocumulus Cumulonimbus
Cumulus
Lenticular
Cirrus
17 18
19 20
Cirrus Cirrocumulus
Cumulonimbus Mammatus
21 22
23 24
(snowing)
Cumulonimbus
Pileus
Nimbostratus
Altocumulus
25 26
27 28
Lenticular
Altocumulus
Cirrocumulus
Cumulus
29 30
31 32
Mammatus
Lenticular
Cirrus
Cirrostratus
33 34
35 36
Virga Cumulonimbus
Cirrocumulus Altocumulus
Cumulonimbus above37 38
39 40
Altostratus
Cirrus
CirrocumulusCumulonimbus
41 42
43 44
CumulonimbusLenticular
Mammatus
Stratocumulus
45 46
47 48
These are all cumulonimbus!
virga
49 50
51 52
Lenticular Altocumulus
Mammatus Cumulus
53 54
55 56
Stratocumulus Mammatus
Lenticular Stratus
57 58
59 60
Lenticular Cirrocumulus
Nimbostratus Cirrostratus
(snowing)
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61 62
63 64
Lenticular Cumulus
CirrostratusCumulonimbus
65 66
67 68
Cumulus
Mammatus
StratocumulusVirga
Cumulonimbus
Cirrus69 70
71 72
Nimbostratus
Cirrocumulus
Cirrus
Altocumulus
73 74
75 76