You Are In The Forest

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You are in the forest! Learn how to foresee the weather! Watch the direction of the wind Use centigrade thermometer and barometer Learn about the terms visibility, air humidity, behavior of the animals. Watch the clouds (shape, height, color, movement)

I. ΘΥΣΑΝΟΙ CIRRUS

ΙI. ΘΥΣΑΝΟΙ-ΣΩΡΕΙΤΕΣ CIRROCUMULUS

ΙΙΙ. ΣΩΡΕΙΤΕΣ CUMULUS

ΙV. ΜΕΛΑΝΙΕΣ NIMBUS CLOUDS

Thin, white, transparent clouds which look like feathers and they are very high on the sky. Cirrus clouds are the highest clouds. Cirrus (meaning "curl") clouds are made of ice .

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CIRRUS: They usually mean fair weather. Cumulus clouds look like huge puff of cotton. They are white clouds with regular flat bottoms and curl top. They are low in the sky and they often change their appearance. They appear in the morning and disappear at night. Sometimes these clouds look like animals or familiar things.

II.CIRROCUMULUS III.

It is fun to use your imagination to make up stories about the clouds.

CUMULUS Cumulus clouds usually mean fair weather. If they grow tall, they can become thunderheads and bring rain. They are huge cumulus with a dark base and they look

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NIMBUS CLOUDS

like towers. Sometimes cumulus clouds get dark grey and rain or hail falls from them. They are then called cumulonimbus clouds.. They bring bad weather (rain and storms).These clouds often produce lightning and thunder.