Geography: Types of Clouds

High Clouds (mean height 610 13 km):

1. Cirrus: do not give precipitation.

2. Clrro-cumulus: Thin, white patch; sheet or layer of cloud;
3. Cirro-stratus: mainly formed of ice-crystals.
Mlddle Cloud (mean height 210 6 km.):

1. Alto-cumulus: composed of super-cooled liquid droplets.

2. Alto-stratus: precipitation may fall either as fine dr1zzle or snow.
3. Nimbo-stratus: it is a rain, snow or sleet cloud; never accompanied by lightening,
thunder or hail.

Low Clouds (mean height O 10 2 km,):

1. Strato-cumulus
2. Stratus: difficult to differentiate between high fog and stratus.