Predicting Weather

How do clouds help us predict weather?

• They cover the sky

• We know that it will rain.

• Their size and shape can show us a weather pattern.

• We know it will be sunny.

What are clouds made up of?

• tiny water droplets called water vapor

• cotton candy

• white cotton pieces

• big water droplets called precipitation

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What kind of cloud is this?

• strato nimbus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

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What kind of cloud is this?

• stratus

• cumulus

• stratonimbus

• cumulonimbus

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What kind of cloud is this?

• stratus

• cumulus

• stratonimbus

• cumulonimbus

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What kind of cloud is this?

• stratus

• stratonimbus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

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What weather can we predict from stratonimbus clouds?

• sunshine

• All day rainy weather

• short rainfall

• hail

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What weather can we predict from a cumulonimbus?

• All day rain

• Short hard rainfall

• sunshine

• fog

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What weather can we predict from stratus and cumulus clouds?

• All day rain

• Short hard rain

• sunshine

• fog

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What direction does wind usually blow in our part of the world?

• East to west

• west to east

• north to south

• south to north

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