Clouds

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Clouds
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Clouds are classified by 3 factors
Shape Altitude Precipitation Production
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Basic Shapes Cumulus (heaped and
fluffy) Stratus (layered) Cirrus (wispy)
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Altitude Ranges
High Clouds (above 6,000m) Middle Clouds
(2,000 6,000m) Low Clouds (below 2,000m)
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High Clouds
Cirrus Cirrocumulus Cirrostratus
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Middle Clouds
Altocumulus Altostratus
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Low Clouds
Stratus Nimbostratus Cumulus
Stratocumulus Cumulonimbus Mammatus
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Precipitation Production Clouds whose names
include nimbo and nimbus are clouds from
which precipitation can or is falling.
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Cumulonimbus - Anvil Clouds
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Mammatus
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Additional cloud types depend on conditions and
include Contrails, Cap Clouds, Pileus,
Lenticular, Orographic, Kelvin-Helmholtz, Squall
lines, and Fog.
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Pileas Cloud
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Squall Line
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Single Cell Storm
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Web resources
Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign http//ww2010/atmos.uiuc.edu/(
Gh)/home.rxml Plymouth State Meteorology Program
Cloud Boutique http//vortex.ply
mouth.edu/clouds.html