clouds
By: Jared Baier
high cirrus clouds
a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
high cirrocumulus clouds
a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples
high cirrostratus clouds
cloud forming a thin, more or less uniform, semitranslucent layer at high altitude, usually 16,500–45,000 feet
middle altostratus clouds
a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
middle altrocumulus clouds
a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
low nimbi stratus clouds
A nimbostratus cloud is characterized by a formless cloud layer that is almost uniformly dark grey. "Nimbo" is from the Latin word "nimbus", which denotes precipitation
low stratocumulus clouds
cloud forming a low layer of clumped or broken gray masses.
low stratus clouds
a large dark low cloud
cumulus clouds
a globular cloud
cumulonimbus cloud
a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
radiation fog
is formed by the cooling of land after sunset by thermalradiation in calm conditions with clear sky.
advection fog
a collection of liquid water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface
upslope fog
a collection of liquid water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface
evaporation fog
a collection of liquid water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface