2. Cirrus
High, white, and thin.
Can occur as patches or as delicate veil-like sheets or
extended wispy fibers that often have a feathery
appearance.
3. Cumulus
Consist of rounded individual cloud masses
Normally, they have a flat base and the appearance of
rising domes or towers
Frequently described as having a cauliflower structure
4. Stratus
Best described as sheets or layers that cover much or
all of the sky.
May be minor breaks, there are now distinct individual
clouds.
5. Anvil
Mostly composed of ice particles, form in the upper
parts of thunderstorms
They get their anvil shape from the fact that the rising
air in thunderstorms expands and spreads out as the
air bumps up against the bottom of the stratosphere
6. Cirrostratus
High, thin, generally uniform stratiform genus-type,
composed of ice crystals
Difficult to detect.