Will someone tell us why we have clouds and gave them to us?

Answer 1

A cloud is a visible aggregate of tiny water droplets and/or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere and can exist in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some clouds are accompanied by precipitation; rain, snow, hail, sleet, even freezing rain
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Locations of clouds

* Low-level clouds: (generally found below 6,500 feet) Low-level clouds are usually composed of liquid water droplets, but they can have snow and ice crystals in cold weather.
* Mid-level clouds: (generally found between 6,500 and 23,000 feet) Most mid-level clouds are composed of liquid water droplets during summer and a liquid droplet-ice crystal mix during winter. Mid-level cloud names are preceded by an "alto" prefix.
* High-level clouds: (generally found above 20,000 feet) High-level clouds are composed of ice crystals and tend to be very thin and wispy. High-level cloud names are preceded by a "cirro" prefix.

Names represent different kinds of clouds

* Stratus clouds are a uniform gray and usually cover most of the sky.
* Cirrus clouds are thin and high in the sky.
* Cumulus clouds are lumpy and can stretch high into the sky.
* Thunderstorms are cumulus clouds, sometimes called "thunderheads."
* Mammatus clouds have pouches that hang down.


Different kinds of fog, where fog forms

* Fog, how to forecast when it's possible
* Advection fog forms when humid air flows over cold ground or water.
* Radiation fog forms on generally clear, cool nights.
* Steam fog forms over water, often in the fall.
* Overnight rain can enhance fog that forms in the morning.
* Precipitation fog forms when rain or snow falls.. As precipitation falls into drier air below the cloud, the liquid drops or ice crystals evaporate or sublimate directly into water vapor. The water vapor increases the moisture content of the air while cooling the air. This often saturates the air below the cloud and allows fog to form.
* Upslope fog is very common along large hills and mountains. It forms when winds blow up the side of a hill or mountain, which cools the air.
* Valley fog forms in mountain valleys during winter and can be more than 1,500 feet thick. Often, the winter sun is not strong enough to evaporate the fog during the day. When the air cools again the following night, the fog often becomes thicker, which makes it even harder for the sun to burn it off the following day. These fogs can last for several days until strong winds blow the moist air out of the valley. The tendency for cool, dense air to pool at the bottom of valleys also enhances valley fog.

Nature gave them to us.

Answer 2

Tsk! do not listen to these foolish ones with their quaint scientific talk!
For 'tis great Hera herself, Queen of all the Gods, mistress of the thunder and the lightning, who with her handmaiden, Iris, goddess of the rainbow, sends to us the clouds and storms!



(oops! just noticed this is in the Astronomy & Space section, not Mythology & Folklore! well, at least that explains the first and third answer! Sowwy!)

Answer 3

http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/ClimateAndAtmosphere/TawhirimateaTheWeather/3/en

Answer 4

God Gave them to us, aren't they beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud0kaWLHEd4

Answer 5

LOL!!! Waif, that ruled.