i wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er vales and hills…
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I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o'er vales
and hills….
Thin wispy high clouds
High, small, puffy and patchy
Tall, fluffy angry looking grey
clouds
Medium height, small puffy clouds,
patchy lines
Thin and uniform
Low, puffy and piled up
Uniform, thin to think layered
clouds, ill-defined
Broad and flat on the bottom, puffy
on top
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.
Flickr user image
Patrick Smith Photograph Front images
pyles94 Cirrus
Man in a bowler hat Cirrocumulus
A guy with a camera Cumulonimbus
Andreas Christen Altocumulus
Nicholas T Altostratus
Nicholas T Cumulus
Imprint Phortography Stratus clouds
Nicholas T Stratocumulus
http://www.es.lancs.ac.uk/hazelrigg/amy/Observation%20Pages/10%20Major%20Cloud%20Types.htm
Cloud diagram
All images are Creative Commons- with except of the cloud diagram- source unknown.
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