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Hi GH CL Ouds: CL Oud Bases 16, 000 - 50, 000f T (5-15km) : / Www. Weather. Gov/ Os/ Brochures/ CL Oudchart PDF

This document provides information about different types of clouds including their names, typical heights, and descriptions. It includes clouds like cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, altostratus, altocumulus, nimbostratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratocumulus, and stratus. For each cloud type there are descriptions of their visual characteristics. Special cloud formations like mammatus, tornadoes, wall clouds, and shelf clouds are also briefly described.

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Hi GH CL Ouds: CL Oud Bases 16, 000 - 50, 000f T (5-15km) : / Www. Weather. Gov/ Os/ Brochures/ CL Oudchart PDF

This document provides information about different types of clouds including their names, typical heights, and descriptions. It includes clouds like cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, altostratus, altocumulus, nimbostratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratocumulus, and stratus. For each cloud type there are descriptions of their visual characteristics. Special cloud formations like mammatus, tornadoes, wall clouds, and shelf clouds are also briefly described.

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H i g hC l o u d s : c l o u db a s e s 1 6 , 0 0 05 0 , 0 0 0 f t ( 5 1 5 k m)

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T y p i c a l T y p e s : C i r r u s ( C i ) , C i r r o s t r a t u s ( C s ) , C i r r o c u mu l u s ( C c )

H 1 : C i r r u s I nt h ef o r mo f f i l a me n t s , s t r a n d s , o r h o o k s

H 2 : C i r r u s D e n s e , i np a t c h e so r s h e a v e s , n o t i n c r e a s i n g , o r w i t ht u f t s

H 3 : C i r r u s O f t e na n v i l s h a p e dr e ma i n s o f ac u mu l o n i mb u s

H 4 : C i r r u s I nh o o k so r f i l a me n t s , i n c r e a s i n g , b e c o mi n gd e n s e r

H 5 : C i r r o s t r a t u s C i r r u sb a n d s , i n c r e a s i n g , b e l o w4 5 e l e v a t i o n

H 6 : C i r r o s t r a t u s C i r r u sb a n d s , i n c r e a s i n g , v e i l a b o v e4 5 e l e v a t i o n

H 7 : C i r r o s t r a t u s T r a n s l u c e n t , c o mp l e t e l y c o v e r i n gt h es k y

H 8 : C i r r o s t r a t u s N o t i n c r e a s i n g , n o t c o v e r i n gt h ew h o l es k y

H 9 : C i r r o c u mu l u s A l o n eo r w i t hs o mec i r r u s o r c i r r o s t r a t u s

Mi d d l eC l o u d s : c l o u db a s e s 6 , 5 0 02 3 , 0 0 0 f t ( 2 7 k m)

T y p i c a l T y p e s : A l t o s t r a t u s ( A s ) , A l t o c u mu l u s ( A c ) , N i mb o s t r a t u s ( N s )

M1 : A l t o s t r a t u s Mo s t l ys e mi t r a n s p a r e n t , s u n o r mo o nma yb ed i ml yv i s i b l e

M2 : A l t o s t r a t u so r N i mb o s t r a t u s D e n s ee n o u g ht oh i d e t h es u no r mo o n

M3 : A l t o c u mu l u s S e mi t r a n s p a r e n t , o n el e v e l , c l o u de l e me n t sc h a n g es l o w l y

M4 : A l t o c u mu l u s L e n s s h a p e d , o r c o n t i n u a l l y c h a n g i n gs h a p ea n ds i z e

M5 : A l t o c u mu l u s O n eo r mo r eb a n d so r l a y e r s , e x p a n d i n g , t h i c k e n i n g

M6 : A l t o c u mu l u s F r o mt h es p r e a d i n go f c u mu l u so r c u mu l o n i mb u s

M7 : A l t o c u mu l u s O n eo r mo r eo p a q u el a y e r s , w / a l t o s t r a t u so r n i mb o s t r a t u s

M8 : A l t o c u mu l u s Wi t hc u mu l u s l i k et u f t s o r t u r r e t s

M9 : A l t o c u mu l u s C h a o t i cs k y , c l o u db a s e s a t s e v e r a l l e v e l s

L o wC l o u d s : c l o u db a s e s U pt o6 , 5 0 0f t ( 0 2 k m)

T y p i c a l T y p e s : S t r a t u s ( S t ) , S t r a t o c u mu l u s ( S c ) , C u mu l u s ( C u ) , C u mu l o n i mb u s ( C b )

L 1 : C u mu l u s C u mu l u so f f a i r w e a t h e r w i t hf l a t t e n e da p p e a r a n c e

L 2 : C u mu l u s Mo d e r a t e / s t r o n gv e r t i c a l e x t e n t , o r t o w e r i n gc u mu l u s

L 3 : C u mu l o n i mb u s T o p sn o t f i b r o u s , o u t l i n en o t c o mp l e t e l ys h a r p , n oa n v i l

L 4 : S t r a t o c u mu l u s F r o mt h es p r e a d i n ga n d f l a t t e n i n go f c u mu l u s

L 5 : S t r a t o c u mu l u s N o t f r o mt h es p r e a d i n g a n df l a t t e n i n go f c u mu l u s

L 6 : S t r a t u s I nac o n t i n u o u sl a y e r a n d / o r r a g g e ds h r e d s

L 7 : S t r a t u sF r a c t u s a n d / o r C u mu l u sF r a c t u s o c c u r sw i t hr a i no r s n o w

L 8 : C u mu l u s&S t r a t o c u mu l u s N o t s p r e a d i n g , b a s e sa t d i f f e r e n t l e v e l s

L 9 : C u mu l o n i mb u s Wi t hf i b r o u st o p , o f t e n w i t ha na n v i l

Ma mma t u s D r o o p i n gu n d e r s i d eo f h e a v y , r a i n s a t u r a t e dc l o u d s

T o r n a d o R a p i d l yr o t a t i n gc o l u mn u n d e r ac u mu l o n i mb u sc l o u d t h a t t o u c h e st h eg r o u n d

Wa l l C l o u d S h e l f C l o u d L o w e r i n go f t h er a i nf r e e R e p r e s e n t st h el e a d i n ge d g e b a s eo f at h u n d e r s t o r m, o f t e n o f s t r o n gw i n d si na d v a n c e p r i o r t ot o r n a d of o r ma t i o n o f at h u n d e r s t o r m

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