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.