Different Types of Clouds
There are many different types of clouds. There are six different cloud groups, and each group has more than one "cloud type". Here I will list the different groups, followed by the different cloud names in that group.
High clouds: Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, and Cirrostratus
Middle Clouds: Altocumulus, and Altostratus
Low clouds: Stratus, Stratocumulus, and Nimbostratus
Clouds with vertical Growth: Cumulus, and Cumulonimbus
Unusual Clouds: Lenticular, Kevin-Helmholtz, and Mammatus
And last but not least, Contrails. A good site to see the different cloud types is http://www.carlwozniak.com/Clouds/types.html
Posted by feyereisen17 on 8/28/2009
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