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- Dude watches the
weather!
- Dudes' musher is on
the Serum Run and needs to decide if they should travel
tonight. They
watch the clouds. Clouds tell them what weather
is on its way. Tonight the sky is full of Nimbostratus
clouds.
- What kind of weather
can Dude Dog & the Serum Run mushers expect?
Snow? Clear? Windy? New
front?
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Dude Dog |
Altocumulus Clouds: These clouds are composed of mainly water. They
appear as white or gray colored patchy puffy like. These clouds
from between 6,500 and 23,000 feet.
Altostratus Clouds:A dense layer of clouds having a patchy/puffy appearance.
The outline of the sun may show dimly as through frosted glass.
It often merges gradually into cirrostratus. As with cirrostratus,
it often is part of a cloud shield associated with a front.
This type of cloud is composed of mainly water vapor and result
from lifting a layer. These clouds form between 6,500 and 23,000
feet.
Cirrus Clouds: Are thin, feather like clouds composed entirely
of ice crystals. They form at altitudes between 16,500 to 45,000
feet above ground. They are often the first sign of an approching
front.
Cirrostratus Clouds: Are thin, wispy, whitish cloud layers that look
like a sheet or veil. Due to their ice crystal makeup, these
clouds are associated with halos--large, luminous circles or
arcs of circles surrounding the sun or moon. The layer often
is the edge of a frontal shield. They form at altitudes between
16,500 to 45,000 feet above ground.
Cold Front: The leading edge of a relatively colder airmass
which separates two air masses in which the gradients of temperature
and moisture are maximized. In the northern hemisphere winds
ahead of the front will be typically southwest and shift into
the northwest with frontal passage.
Front: A boundary or transition zone between two air masses of different
density, and thus (usually) of different temperature. A moving
front is named according to the advancing air mass, e.g., cold
front if colder air is advancing.
Nimbostratus Clouds: Rain/snow cloud that is layered. A dark, gray cloud
that means more or less continuously falling precipitation (
rain or snow.) They normally occur between 6,500 and 23,000
feet above the ground. This cloud completly blocks the sun or
moon.
Stratus Clouds: Sheets of dull gray. Stratus clouds often appear
in the form of patches, but otherwise do not look like individual
clouds like cumulus and stratocumulus clouds. Stratus clouds
are found between the ground and 6,500 feet. They usually consist
of mainly water vapor. Fog is a stratus cloud with its base
located at the ground.
Stratocumulus Clouds: These clouds have irregular layers of puffy clouds.This
cloud often forms from stratus as the stratus is breaking up
or from spreading out of cumulus clouds. They usually consist
of mainly water vapor and are located between the ground and
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