Clouds for website

Types of Clouds
Cirrus – high clouds composed of ice crystals
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Stratus –
clouds that are a continuous (thin) layer
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Cumulus – clouds that have vertical development
Cumulonimbus – the thunderstorm
Cloud names often have a prefix that indicates height
Cirro – high clouds as in cirrocumulus, > 6000 m.
Cirro high clouds as in cirrocumulus > 6000 m
Alto – mid level clouds as in altocumulus, 2000 – 6000 m.
Strato – low level clouds as in stratocumulus, < 2000 m.
Cirrus
Thin and Wispy
Thin and Wispy
Thunderstorms in Background
Wavy Cirrocumulus
Cirrostratus
sheet like nearly transparent
sheet like, nearly transparent
Cirrus Cloud with Sun Dog
Sun Dog
by Pamela Locke
Stratocumulus
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low, lumpy layer of clouds
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Stratus Clouds Often Form a Fairly Continuous Layer
Mackerel Sky
Mackerel Sky
Cumulus Humulis
Cumulus Humulis
Cumulus Castelanus
Cumulo Nimbus
Cumulo‐Nimbus
Cumulonimbus
thunderstorms
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Thunderstorm near UNT
Cumulonimbus Viewed from 50 Miles,
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Canberra Australia by Jeremy Thompson
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Altocumulus Lenticularis
Flying Saucer Cloud
Rain Shaft
Shelf Cloud
Shelf Cloud
Rotating Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Tornado
April 11, 1965 Elkhart IN.
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Famous Palm Sunday Outbreak
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Multiple Tornadoes along a Dryline
Multiple Tornadoes along a Dryline