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Stratocumulus
Stratocumulus clouds occur when cumulus clouds spread into layers.
Cirrus
Cirrus clouds are wispy and high up in the air, they often look like feathers.
Stratus Clouds
Stratus clouds are flat layers or blankets of gray clouds.
They carry drizzle or steady rain.
Stratus clouds at ground level are fog.
Nimbostratus are dark gray clouds that produce hours of rain or snow.
Cirrostratus clouds are made of ice crystals and they are high in the sky.
Cumulus Clouds
Cumulus clouds are puffy, white, and sometimes flat on the bottom.
Cumulonimbus are dark gray cumulus clouds that bring rain and thunderstorms.
Altocumulus clouds are mid level cumulus clouds that look like flattened joined-together cumulus clouds.
Cirrocumulus are high up and look like fish scales.
Clouds
Clouds are classified by shape and color
The 3 basic categories are cumulus, stratus, and cirrus but there are ten clouds in the modern system.
One way that clouds are grouped is based on altitude
Alto means mid level and Cirro means high up
Clouds are also grouped by their shape
Stratus means layered
Cirrus means thin and wispy
Cumulus means fluffy mounds of cloud.
Nimbus means dark and rainy.
When two names are combined the cloud has the properties of both cloud types