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.