Types of Clouds
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- CIRRUS
- CIRROSTRATUS
- CIRROCUMULUS
- ALTOSTRATUS
- ALTOCUMULUS
- A high, atmospheric detached cloud characterized by thin hairlike strands. The name comes from the Latin word for hair.
- Characterized by a smooth, transparent sheet covering part or all of the sky. This cloud type can cause a halo around the sun.
- Characterized by thin, white sheets made of regularly arranged grains or ripples.
- Greyish or bluish sheets which cover all or part of the sky. Unlike Cirrostratus, this cloud type does not cause a halo to form around the sun.
- Characterized by patches and sheets formed from rounded masses, layers, or rolls. They can be diffuse or made of fibers.
- CUMULONIMBUS
- CUMULUS
- Types of Clouds
- STRATOCUMULUS
- STRATUS
- NIMBOSTRATUS
- This cloud type has a large vertical length that forms huge mountains. Most of these clouds are flat and spread out at the top, sometimes known as the thunderstorm cloud.
- Detached, fluffy clouds with clearly defined edges. The bases of these clouds are flat and gray, while the top forms brilliant white bulges that can look like cauliflower.
- Grey or white patches and layers formed by groups of rounded masses. Stratocumulus clouds are normally non-fibrous.
- A low, smooth sheet of grey cloud which is often associated with precipitation. These clouds often block the sun.
- Grey cloud layer associated with rainfall or snowfall. The layer of cloud is normally thick enough to block out the sun.
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- Alto cumulus - Elsie esq. - (License Attribution )
- cirrocumulus - potaufeu - (License Attribution )
- Cirrus - ComputerHotline - (License Attribution )
- cirrus cirrostratus (7) - k4dordy - (License Attribution )
- Clouds: Stratus, Cirrocumulus?, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Virginia, October 31, 2014 - judygva (back in town and trying to catch up) - (License Attribution )
- Cumulonimbus Calvus - Nicholas_T - (License Attribution )
- Cumulus - martinaroell - (License Attribution )
- End of the "pier" show - Elsie esq. - (License Attribution )
- Nimbostratus Clouds Over Georgetown - brownpau - (License Attribution )
- Stratocumulus - BelindaMariepix - (License Attribution )
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