Clouds

Do you know about all the different types of clouds? You will now! Clouds can be flat, puffy, massive, wispy, and many more adjectives. If you stop to notice the sky you can see some very beautiful things. Here are the 10 types of clouds:

Cirrus

Theses clouds are very high in the sky; they are usually 6-12 km high. They are very wispy, fibrous, and delicate. They can also be called mares’ tails.

2. Cirrocumulus

These clouds are also 6-12 km high and can be described as small tufts or thin ripples. A sky with cirrocumulus clouds in it can be called a “mackerel sky” because it resembles the scaley body of a mackerel fish.

Cirrocumulus clouds or a mackerel sky

3. Cirrostratus

Theses high level clouds can look thin whitish veils. Very often they create a halo around the sun or moon.

Cirrostratus clouds with a halo

4. Altocumulus

These clouds can be found between 2-6 km high. They are described as rounded, rolls, or patches. When these clouds are in the sky the sun can look like a disk.

Altocumulus clouds

5. Altostratus

These middle-layer clouds are like fibrous blankets or sheets. The sun can not shine it’s shadow through these clouds.

6. Nimbostratus

This is the first cloud type of the lower layer. (.8-2 km) These are usually precipation bringing, low, dark, and layered clouds.

Nimbostratus clouds

7. Stratus

These low level clouds are low and like a sheet or blanket. If it is at ground level it is known as fog.

Stratus clouds seen as fog

8. Stratocumulus

These clouds are wavy looking and are puffy on top with a dark and flattened bottom. They are also found in the lower layer.

Stratocumulus clouds

9. Cumulus

These clouds are very vertically developed. They can be anywhere from .5-10 km high. They are dense, puffy, and their appearance is made in the morning.