Match major cloud types with specific atmospheric conditions SPI 0307.8.2

Links verified 1/6/2011

1. Cloud Boutique - explanations of and access to detailed pictures of some basic cloud forms provided by the Plymouth State Meteorology Program
2. Cloud Clues - How to forecast the weather by studying clouds
3. Cloud Exploration - take a quick tour through the cloud types or look at a database of a large number of cloud pictures
4. Cloud Forecasting - Clouds can tell you many things about what the weather will do.
   1. Use what you learned to make a forecast for your Dad.
   2. Help Dad plan the rest of your trip.
5. Compare and contrast warm and cold fronts - excellent animations of each type of front
6. Cloud Matching Game - Drag the photos of clouds on left to the correct name for that cloud on the right. Wrong matches will snap back! Right matches will stick!
7. Clouds and Precipitation - The purpose of this module is to introduce a number of cloud classifications, different types of precipitation, and the mechanisms responsible for producing them
8. Cloud Quiz - multiple choice
9. Cloud Quiz - ten pictures with multiple choice questions
10. Cloud Types - this page provides information about each cloud group and any cloud classes associated with them
11. How to be a Storm Spotter - clouds and the weather associated with them
12. How to Forecast Weather Using Clouds - a basic knowledge of clouds will enable you to predict the weather for yourself
13. How to Read Clouds to Forecast Weather - a basic understanding of clouds will help you formulate a local forecast
14. National Severe Storms Laboratory Photo Album - use these to ask students about types of weather associated
15. Radar Loop of the last 2 hours covering the contiguous United States. This Doppler radar site indicates clouds, rain and snow with different colors, and refreshes 4 times per hour. Radar Site which allows you to zoom in
16. Satellite Movies of Air Masses Moving across North America
17. Tips for Forecasting the Weather - step-by-step process including links to real time weather data
18. Weather Associated with Cloud Types - Caution! The background of this page is horrible. The easiest way to make the page easier to read is to select all text. Hold down the Ctrl key (or the Apple key) and tap the A key one time.
19. Weather Quiz - five questions relates to clouds
20. Wetter or Better? - this twelve-slide show presents cloud types and asks students to make a forecast

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