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Lumpy(cumulus) Lumpy & layered Layered(stratus)

Cirrus

Altocumulus

Cumulus Stratocumulus Stratus

Altostratus

Cirrocumulus Cirrostratus

CLOUD ATLAS

High level (8+ km): Cirro–

Mid-level (2–8 km): Alto–

Lower Level (0-2km)

Pileus

The words may sound confusing,

but giving a name to your cloud is

as easy as knowing its level and its

shape. Missing from this classifier

are the multi-levelled nimbo- clouds:

endless grey nimbostratus (behind)

and the majestic thunderstorm cloud

cumulonimbus (right).

Mamma Fluctus Homogenitus Flammagenitus

CLOUD ATLAS TOP ROW ROBERT ALEXANDER, PICTURE ALLIANCE, AUSCAPE. MIDDLE ROW GEORGE ROSE, JOSE A BERNAT. BOTTOM ROW TIM GRAHAM, STEVE PROEHL, LUCAS SCHIFERS. BOTTOM ROW. STAR TRIBUNE, JASON PERSOFF STORMDOCTOR, BLANK, PETER J FOX, BROOK MITCHELL

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