types of cloud
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I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o'er vales
and hills….
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Thin wispy high clouds
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High, small, puffy and patchy
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Tall, fluffy angry looking grey
clouds
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Medium height, small puffy clouds,
patchy lines
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Thin and uniform
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Low, puffy and piled up
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Uniform, thin to think layered
clouds, ill-defined
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Broad and flat on the bottom, puffy
on top
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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.
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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.