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