Professor of Meteorology Department of Geosciences San Francisco State University Steam fog on lake surface Lassen National Park CA 6000 ft elevation October calm clear night Steam devil ID: 918946
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Cloud Types
Dr. Dave Dempsey
Professor of Meteorology
Department of Geosciences
San Francisco State University
Slide2Steam fog
on lake surface
Lassen National Park, CA
~ 6,000 ft. elevation
October
calm
clear night
Slide3Steam devil
(steam fog)
Yellowstone National
Park,
WY
geothermal hot pool
breeze blowing across pool
Slide4Steam devil
(steam fog)
Yellowstone National
Park,
WY
geothermal hot pool
breeze blowing across pool
Slide5Port Townsend, Washington
Mixing clouds
Slide6Contrail
and
altocumulus clouds
Olympic Mts., WA
Slide7Contrails
Mt. St. Helens, WA
taken May 20, 1979
mountain erupted May 18, 1980
Slide8Eastern Sierra Nevada Mts. and Mono Lake, CA
Contrails
Slide9Radiation fog
and
altostratus clouds
Santa Rosa Valley, CA
April
pre-
dawn
calm
clear night
Slide10Santa Rosa Valley, CA
(sunrise, April)
Radiation fog
Slide11Central Valley near Chico, CA
(morning in December; clear night)
Radiation fog
Slide12Central Valley near Chico, CA
(morning in December; clear night)
Radiation fog
Slide13Central Valley near Chico, CA
(morning in December; clear night)
Radiation fog
Slide14San Francisco Peninsula,
Crystal Springs Reservoir (June)
Advection fog
Slide15San Francisco Peninsula
(looking southwest; June)
Advection fog
Slide16San Francisco (June)
Advection fog
Slide17San Francisco (June)
Advection fog
Slide18Advection fog
Golden Gate,
San Francisco
June
Slide19Stratus clouds
(marine push)
North
Cascades
National Park
, WA
~ 6,000 ft. elevation
well inland from Puget Sound
Slide20Cirrus clouds
Western Colorado
Slide21Cirrus clouds
Acoma Pueblo, NM
Slide22Cirrocumulus clouds
Baja California
Slide23Mt. Everest, Nepal
Cirrostratus
(halo, arcs, etc.)
Slide24Mono Lake, CA
Mid-
and
high-level clouds
Slide25Mono Lake, CA
Mid-
and
high-level clouds
Slide26Point Reyes, CA (Sept.)
Altocumulus clouds
Slide27Western Colorado (June)
Altocumulus clouds
Slide28Death Valley, CA (March)
Altocumulus &
cumulus clouds
Slide29Altocumulus clouds
Chico, CA
Daisies
summer
Slide30Boulder, Colorado
Stratocumulus (roll) clouds
Slide31S.E. Utah (May)
Fairweather cumulus clouds
Slide32Mono Lake, CA (Aug.)
Stratocumulus clouds
Slide33Crater Lake N.P, Oregon (July)
Cumulus clouds
Slide34San Luis Valley, Colorado (June)
Cumulus cloud
Slide35Eastern Colorado (June)
Cumulus clouds
Slide36Eastern Utah (July)
Cumulonimbus & cumulus clouds
Slide37Western Colorado (July)
Cumulonimbus & cumulus clouds
Slide38Eastern Utah (July)
Cumulonimbus cloud
Slide39Death Valley N.P., CA (March)
Cumulonimbus cloud
with anvil
Slide40Death Valley N.P., CA (March)
Cumulonimbus cloud
with anvil
Slide41Mojave desert, CA
(March)
Cumulonimbus cloud
with anvil
Slide42Northern New Mexico (Feb.)
Cumulonimbus
cloud, snowing
Slide43Eastern Colorado (May)
Cumulus cloud with
rotating mesocyclone
Slide44Eastern Colorado (May)
Cumulus cloud
w
/rotating mesocyclone, dust updraft
Slide45North Texas (May)
Cumulus cloud
w
/wall cloud, tornado
Slide46Yellowstone N.P., WY (June)
Mammatus clouds
beneath cumulus anvil
Slide47S.E. Utah (August)
Virga
(evaporating rain)
Slide48Pileus cap cloud
on cumulus cloud
Cirrus clouds
Slide49Baja California (Feb.)
Orographic wave clouds
(lens clouds)
Slide50Cap cloud
Mt. St. Helens, WA
(May 1979, before it’s
May 1980 eruption)
Slide51Cap cloud
Mt. St. Helens, WA
(May 1979, before its
May 1980 eruption)
Slide52Orographic Precipitation
and
Rain Shadow
Slide53California Topography and Precipitation
Slide54Temperate rainforest
Hoh rainforest,
Olympic
National Park, WA
annual rainfall ~ 160”
Slide55North American Deserts
Great Basin
Mohave
Sonoran
Chihuahuan
Slide56Sand dunes, Eureka Valley, Death Valley NP, CA
Slide57Precipitation Pattern, Maui, Hawaii
Slide58Hanakapiai Falls,
Na Pali coast,
Kauai, Hawai
annual rainfall ~ 80”
Slide59Big Island of Hawaii
Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, prickly pear cacti