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CLOUD TYPES |
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Altitude |
Structure Type | ||||
| Layered | Clumpy | Other | |||
| High | Cirrostratus | Cirrocumulus | Cirrus (filamentary) | ||
| Middle Level | Altostratus | Altocumulus | - | ||
| Low | Stratus | Nimbostratus | - | ||
| Stratocumulus | |||||
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Vertical Structure (spans more than one level) |
- | Cumulus Humilus | Cumulus Congestus |
Cumulonimbus (lightning, thunder, hail) |
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Clouds which Produce Precipitation |
Clouds of Multiple Structural Characteristics |
KKnow
your root words: alto
= middle level, cirro
= high, congestus
= crowded,
cumulo = clumpy,
humilus = humble,
nimbo = rain-producing,
strato = layered