Cloud Types

Low-level cloud that forms in layers and usually brings rain

• stratus

• cumulus

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

Fluffy clouds that are flat on the bottom and usually mean fair weather

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

Thin clouds that look like feathers and form high in the sky; usually bring fair weather

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

Tall clouds that bring thunderstorms

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

Cloud that forms close to the ground

• fog

• stratocumulus

• altocumulus

• cirrocumulus

Small, white, puffy, middle level cloud

• fog

• altocumulus

• stratocumulus

• cirrocumulus

Low puffy, gray clouds that can sometimes produce rain

• fog

• altocumulus

• stratocumulus

• cirrocumulus

High clouds that look like tiny cotton balls bunched together

• fog

• altocumulus

• stratocumulus

• cirrocumulus

Dark gray covering cloud that usually brings rain

• altostratus

• fog

• cirrocumulus

• stratocumulus