20 Facts About Clouds
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Cirrus clouds are the most common type of high cloud.
They also signal good weather, the direction weather is coming, and weather or not a change in weather is coming soon.
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Cirrus clouds can travel at more than 100 miles per hour.
When it rains, they tend to travel at 30 to 40 miles per hour. Wow! That is really fast.
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Cumulonimbus clouds mean bad weather is on the way.
This could mean thunderstorms, hail, or tornadoes.
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Planet Mercury has no clouds.
This is because Mercury has no atmosphere.
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Clouds are actually water droplets.
The water droplets are formed when moist warm air rises up into the sky and is then cooled down.
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Fog is classified as a cloud.
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Clouds float because they are warmer than the outside air that surrounds it.
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The word meteoros is Greek and means high in the sky.
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Cumulus and cirrus clouds signal good weather.
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Stratus clouds usually produce light rain or drizzle.
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Rain or snow usually follows nimbostratus clouds.
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Cirrostratus clouds mean rain is on the way.
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Clouds develop horizontally or vertically.
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The planet Mars does not have clouds because of its thin atmosphere.
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Okies love to go outside and watch clouds turn green before a tornado comes.
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When an airplane leaves a white trail in the sky, it is called a contrail.
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Clouds look like white because they reflect light from the sun.
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There are main types of clouds: cumulus, stratus and cirrus.
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It takes a couple of minutes to an hour for a cloud to be created.
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Most of the clouds we see are in the lowest part of the atmosphere, the troposphere.
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