Cloud Photo Index |
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with permission from Australian Severe Weather |
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Name |
Picture |
Description |
Stratus |
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Low, gray layer cloud that covers most or all of the entire sky. Often looks like a layer of fog that was lifted off the ground. |
Stratocumulus |
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Usually formed by a spreading cumulus cloud. A low, clumpy, gray layer cloud. |
Nimbostratus |
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A low, flat layer cloud that looks as if it is going to rain. Darker gray and usually brings light precipitation. |
Altostratus |
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Like cirrostratus, but gray, thicker, and at a lower altitude. Less transparent than cirrostratus. |
Altocumulus |
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Gray and fluffy clouds at a middle altitude.These clouds often have varying levels of darkness within the cloud. |
Cirrus |
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Thin clouds at high altitude that have a tendency to elongate. |
Cirrostratus |
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Thin, transparent, layerlike clouds that are at high altitude and often cover the entire sky. |
Cirrocumulus |
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Small cotton-ball type clouds that occur either by themselves or in rows. The row type cirrocumulus has a rippled look to it. |
Cumulus |
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Fluffy, shape forming clouds that have a base and then extend upwards from that base. |
Cumulonimbus |
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A very large, usually anvil-shaped cloud associated with thunderstorms. |
Fractus |
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Dissipated stratus or cumulus clouds that have a "torn" look. |
Lenticularis |
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Lens-shaped cirrocumulus, altocumulus, or stratocumulus clouds that usually are elongated and well-defined. |
Mammatus |
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Sac-like clouds that hang off the bottoms of other clouds. Can occur in cirrus, altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, or cumulonimbus clouds. |
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