Clouds & Sky Observation
📋 What it is
Cloud shapes and heights hint at the weather — puffy, wispy, or towering all mean different things.
🗣️ Coach says
Clouds are the sky’s weather signals. Puffy cotton-ball clouds (cumulus) usually mean fair weather; thin wispy ones (cirrus) high up can signal change coming; and tall dark towering clouds (cumulonimbus) mean storms. Learning to "read the sky" lets you forecast the next few hours yourself.
🧠 Memory hook
Puffy cumulus = fair · wispy cirrus (high) = change coming · tall dark cumulonimbus = storm.
😂 Giggle
What did the fog say to the ground?
"I mist you!"
😲 Whoa!
A single fluffy cumulus cloud can weigh as much as 100 elephants in water droplets — it floats only because that weight is spread across a huge volume of air.
✅ Quick check: What kind of weather do tall, dark, towering clouds usually signal?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Storms — cumulonimbus clouds often bring heavy rain, thunder and lightning.
Towering cumulonimbus clouds produce storms.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Look at today’s clouds and predict the next few hours from their shape — puffy, wispy, or towering?