The meaning of cloud shape

Shape: Cirrus clouds are composed of tiny and sparse ice crystals, so they are relatively thin and light-transmitting, white and shiny, and often have a silky structure.

On behalf of the weather: cirrus clouds are too high, even if small water droplets are produced, they are easy to evaporate during the descent and cannot reach the ground, so there is no rain on the ground, which symbolizes that it is sunny all day.

2. cirrostratus

Shape: White and transparent cloud curtain. When the sun and the moon pass through the cloud curtain, the outline is clear, and there are shadows on the ground objects, often with halo rings. Sometimes the organization of the cloud is so thin that it is almost invisible that it only makes the sky milky white; Sometimes the thread structure is unclear, like a tangled thread.

On behalf of the weather: you know that cirrostratus has moved when you see the sky dizzy, and nimbostratus will move in the future, and the weather may turn rainy.

3. Cumulus:

Shape: the cloud body is block, sheet or spherical; Clouds are sometimes scattered and isolated, and sometimes they gather in groups, like fields or waves; Clouds are often white or gray with dark colors in the middle; Different parts of the cloud have different light transmittance. Thin parts can see the outline of the sun and the moon, and sometimes flash and iridescence appear.

Represents the weather: thin cumulus clouds are stable and rarely change, which generally indicates sunny weather; If the thick cumulus clouds continue to thicken, sometimes there will be sporadic rain and snow.

4. cirrocumulus:

Shape: The clouds are small, white and shadowless. They are clouds or clouds composed of small white waves, scales or spherical clouds, which are often arranged in rows or groups, much like small ripples caused by breeze blowing on the water. White without shadow, silky luster. Clouds are thin, can penetrate sunlight and moonlight, are white without dark shapes, are gray-black at night, and are almost entirely composed of ice crystals.

On behalf of the weather: there will often be strong winds of magnitude 4 or 5 before long. Generally, it won't rain, but it will remain sunny. It usually means that there will be unstable weather system affecting the station, and there will be rainy and windy weather. The agricultural proverb "Fish-scale sky, even if it doesn't rain, the wind will jump" refers to such a cloudy day.

5. nimbostratus:

Shape: Low, thick and uniform precipitation cloud, dark gray. The horizontal distribution range is very wide, covering the whole sky, and the position of the sun and the moon cannot be seen.

On behalf of the weather: there is often continuous rain and snow. Even if it doesn't rain, there is always rain and snow hanging down.