q Four basic cloud categories:
ü Cirrus ---
thin, wispy cloud of ice.
ü Stratus
--- layered cloud
ü Cumulus
--- clouds having vertical development.
ü Nimbus
--- rain-producing cloud
ü
q These basic cloud types can be combined to generate ten different cloud types, such as cirrostratus clouds
that have the characteristics of cirrus
clouds and stratus clouds.