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Cloud Types
Clouds are classified by their altitude.
Cumulus Clouds
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Cumulus_clouds_in_fair_weather.jpeg
Cumulus Clouds
These clouds look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton.
They from less than 2 km above the ground but can grow to reach as much as 18 km.
Cumulus clouds usually indicate fair weather.
Stratus Clouds
Stratus Clouds
These clouds form in flat layers. Stratus clouds usually cover all or most of
the sky. As stratus clouds thicken, they may produce
drizzle, rain or snow.
Cirrus Clouds
http://www.met.tamu.edu/class/Metr304/Severedir/CirrusClouds.jpg
Cirrus Clouds
These clouds look wispy and feathery.\ They form only at high levels where
temperatures are very low. Cirrus clouds are made of ice crystals. They indicate a change in weather within 24
hours.
Stratocumulus- Flat and puffy
http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators/gallery/clouds_atmos/stratocumulus_L.jpg
Nimbostratus- Stormy and Flat
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/synoptic/images/m2_1.jpg
Cumulonimbus- Puffy and stormy
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ilx/swop/clouds.jpg
NOAA- Site on Cloudshttp://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/synoptic/h4.htm