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    The document describes different types of clouds classified by their height in the atmosphere. Low clouds below 6,500 feet include cumulus clouds, which are often seen as cauliflowers, and stratocumulus clouds that look like honeycombs or rolls. Middle clouds from 6,500 to 20,000 feet consist mainly of altocumulus clouds appearing as gray patches. High clouds above 20,000 feet are commonly cirrus clouds, which can dim the sun and color red or yellow at sunrise and sunset, as well as cirrocumulus clouds made of small grains or ripples.

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    The document describes different types of clouds classified by their height in the atmosphere. Low clouds below 6,500 feet include cumulus clouds, which are often seen as cauliflowers, and stratocumulus clouds that look like honeycombs or rolls. Middle clouds from 6,500 to 20,000 feet consist mainly of altocumulus clouds appearing as gray patches. High clouds above 20,000 feet are commonly cirrus clouds, which can dim the sun and color red or yellow at sunrise and sunset, as well as cirrocumulus clouds made of small grains or ripples.

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    Types of Clouds by Altitude - Cumulus, Altocumulus, Cirrus

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    The document describes different types of clouds classified by their height in the atmosphere. Low clouds below 6,500 feet include cumulus clouds, which are often seen as cauliflowers, and stratocumulus clouds that look like honeycombs or rolls. Middle clouds from 6,500 to 20,000 feet consist mainly of altocumulus clouds appearing as gray patches. High clouds above 20,000 feet are commonly cirrus clouds, which can dim the sun and color red or yellow at sunrise and sunset, as well as cirrocumulus clouds made of small grains or ripples.

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    Low clouds Middle clouds High clouds

    (below 6,500 feet) (6,500-20,000 feet) (above 20,000 feet)

    Cumulus clouds Altocumulus Cirrus clouds


     What you see most often  Looks like white or gray  Most common one
     Often assemble patches,most common  When this clouds cross
    cauliflowers cloud which often the sun disk they hugely
    appears with other clouds deminished its brightness
    as well  Before sunrise and up to
    sunset Cirrus often
    colored bright yellow or
    red

    Stratocumulus Nimbostratus Clouds Cirrocumulus clouds


     looks like honeycombs  Also known as  Compose of very small
    or rolls continuous rain clouds elements in the form of
     They are  They are dark and gray grains or ripples
    low,pinky,grayish,whitis  Diffuse by falling rain or
    h snow
     They occur in patches  Taking up to block out
    with the sky visible the sun
    inbetween

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