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Cloud Types
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Clouds are classified by their altitude.
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Cumulus Clouds
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Cumulus_clouds_in_fair_weather.jpeg
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Cumulus Clouds
These clouds look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton.
They from less than 2 km above the ground but can grow to reach as much as 18 km.
Cumulus clouds usually indicate fair weather.
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Stratus Clouds
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Stratus Clouds
These clouds form in flat layers. Stratus clouds usually cover all or most of
the sky. As stratus clouds thicken, they may produce
drizzle, rain or snow.
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Cirrus Clouds
http://www.met.tamu.edu/class/Metr304/Severedir/CirrusClouds.jpg
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Cirrus Clouds
These clouds look wispy and feathery.\ They form only at high levels where
temperatures are very low. Cirrus clouds are made of ice crystals. They indicate a change in weather within 24
hours.
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Stratocumulus- Flat and puffy
http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators/gallery/clouds_atmos/stratocumulus_L.jpg
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Nimbostratus- Stormy and Flat
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/synoptic/images/m2_1.jpg
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Cumulonimbus- Puffy and stormy
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ilx/swop/clouds.jpg
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NOAA- Site on Cloudshttp://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/synoptic/h4.htm