Types of Cloud

1. I wandered lonely as a cloud,
That floats on high o'er vales
and hills….

3. Thin wispy high
clouds

4. High, small, puffy
and patchy

5. Tall, fluffy angry
looking grey
clouds

6. Medium height,
small puffy clouds,
patchy lines

7. Thin and uniform

8. Low, puffy and
piled up

9. Uniform, thin to
think layered
clouds, ill-defined

10. Broad and flat on
the bottom, puffy
on top

11. Cirro- given to high
altitude clouds- means
wisp of hair.
Alto- given to mid-
altitude clouds- means
high.
Nimbo (prefix) or
nimbus (suffix)- is used
for clouds that bring rain.
Cumulo- means heap
and refer to piles of
clouds.
Stratus- means layer
and refers to flat wide
layered clouds.

12. Front imagesPatrick Smith Photograph
Cloud diagramhttp://www.es.lancs.ac.uk/hazelrigg/amy/Observation
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StratocumulusNicholas T
Stratus cloudsImprint Phortography
CumulusNicholas T
Altostratus Nicholas T
AltocumulusAndreas Christen
CumulonimbusA guy with a camera
CirrocumulusMan in a bowler hat
Cirrus pyles94
imageFlickr user
All images are Creative Commons- with except of the cloud diagram- source unknown.