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Cloud Types

Cloud Types. Cirrus High Level wispy, feathery, hairlike, delicate fibers, streaks or plumes. 20,000 – 43,000 ft. Cirrocumulus High Level Appears as tufts, in lines or groups, sometimes in ripples. Cirrostratus High Level Veil of fused sheets of ice crystals, milky.

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Cloud Types

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  1. Cloud Types

  2. Cirrus • High Level • wispy, feathery, hairlike, delicate fibers, streaks or plumes • 20,000 – 43,000 ft

  3. Cirrocumulus • High Level • Appears as tufts, in lines or groups, sometimes in ripples

  4. Cirrostratus • High Level • Veil of fused sheets of ice crystals, milky. • Sun and moon halos.

  5. Cloud TypesMid-level

  6. Altocumulus • Middle Level • Patches of cotton balls

  7. Altostratus • Middle Level • Thin to thick with no halos, sun’s outline just visible, grey day Altostratus • 6,500 – 20,000 ft.

  8. Cloud TypesLow Level

  9. Nimbostratus • Grey dark low clouds with drizzling rain

  10. Stratus • Low Level • Uniform, featureless, grey, like high fog

  11. Stratocumulus • Low Level • Soft, grey, globular mases in lines, groups, or waves, heavy rolls, irregular overcast patterns.

  12. Cloud TypesVertically developed

  13. Cumulus • Vertically developed • Sharply outlined, puffy, billowy, flat based, swelling tops, fair weather

  14. Cumulus • Vertically developed • Sharply outlined, puffy, billowy, flat based, swelling tops, fair weather

  15. Cumulonimbus • Vertically developed • Dense, heavy, dark massive thunderstorms • hard showers, explosive top, great vertical development • cirrus topped plume blown into anvil shaped head.

  16. Cumulonimbus • Vertically developed • Dense, heavy, dark massive thunderstorms • hard showers, explosive top, great vertical development • cirrus topped plume blown into anvil shaped head.

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