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