Do different types of clouds indicate different types of weather?
(Chambers) Well, if you see a monkey-shaped cloud, that only means you have a good imagination, but some clouds do indicate different types of weather. For example, stratus clouds are usually associated with a light rain or drizzle and cirrus clouds can be indicators that a weather front is on the way and rain may be in the forecast. One of our tree house detectives’ class belongs to your cloud club??? (Chambers) (laughs) It’s called S’COOL for Student’s Cloud Observation On-Line. We have 1,000 schools around the world with students observing clouds. They send their data to a NASA computer, We’re supposed to meet at Dr. D’s Lab. I wonder if he has an update on the weather. After this segment, the tree house detectives should look over their notes on the get up and go sheet and reflect upon what they have learned and how it will help them. See next page: and their observations are compared to those from CERES instruments flown on satellites. So students actually help NASA? (Chambers) Ye
