Clouds which we cans see

A cloud is made up of tiny droplets of water or ice. When clouds form, the invisible water vapor in the air condenses into visible droplets of water. All air contains water vapor. Warm air can hold more water vapor than cold air. If the air cools down, it cannot hold so much water vapor, and it turns into tiny droplets of water. Air cools down when it rises, because the higher in the atmosphere it goes, the cooler it gets. When it rains, tiny droplets in a cloud form bigger drops which fall to earth. The following are the kinds of clouds that we can see. Clouds are made of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air. They are named according to their shape and height. Cirrostratus is a thin, almost transparent layer of cloud at a higher level. Nimbostratus forms at a lower level, while stratus clouds are layers with in 500 meters of the earth’s surface. ‘Puffy’ clouds, known as cumulus clouds, are called Altocumulus at a high level. When they join together they form Stratocumulus. Cumulonimbus are towering thunder clouds. A third type of cloud is cirrus, wisps of cloud high in the sky.