Flashcards
Clouds and cloud types
A cloud forming a continuous uniform layer, similar to stratus but occurs at medium altitude .
altostratus
stratus
cirrostratus
cirrus
Thick and puffy clouds on middle elevations.
cirrocumulus
cirrus
altocumulus
stratus
Low elevated clouds that produce rain and snow.
altostratus
cumulus
nimbostratus
stratus
Cloud forming a continuous horizontal grey sheet, often with rain or snow.
cirrocumulus
stratus
stratocumulus
nimbostratus
Low elevated cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base.
altocumulus
cumulus
cirrocumulus
cirrus
Cloud forming a towering mass with a flat base. Low elevation. Often a flat top, as in thunderstorms.
stratus
cirrus
cumulonimbus
stratocumulus
Small, high elevated cottony rows of clouds.
cirrocumulus
altocumulus
stratocumulus
stratus
The highest clouds made of ice crystals.
stratocumulus
stratus
altostratus
cirrus
Cloud forming a thin, more or less uniform semi-translucent layer at high altitudes.
cirrocumulus
nimbostratus
cirrostratus
cumulonimbus
Layered and puffy clouds on middle and lower elevations.
altostratus
cirrus
cirrostratus
stratocumulus