GOES-T will watch clouds with an instrument called the Advanced Baseline Imager. The ABI can show detailed changes in cloud-tops, helping scientists assess the potential size and severity of a storm! Read more NOAASciJinks and get ReadytoGOES:
that float in the sky. But all clouds look a little bit different from one another, and sometimes these differences can help us predict a change in the weather.Cirrus
Weather prediction: Fair, but cold. However, if you live in a tropical region, these clouds could be a sign of an approaching hurricane!Altocumulus clouds have several patchy white or gray layers, and seem to be made up of many small rows of fluffy ripples. They are lower than cirrus clouds, but still quite high. They are made of liquid water, but they don’t often produce rain.Altostratus clouds are gray or blue-gray mid-level clouds composed of ice crystals and water droplets.
Mammatus clouds are actually altocumulus, cirrus, cumulonimbus, or other types of clouds that have these pouch-like shapes hanging out of the bottom. The pouches are created when cold air within the cloud sinks down toward the Earth.Orographic clouds get their shape from mountains or hills that force the air to move over or around them. They can also be formed by sea breezes and often appear as lines where two air masses meet.
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