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Clouds are classified by their appearance and height.
A high cloud group above 20,000 feet is prefixed by
cirro, which means curls of hair in Latin. Usually signify good
weather if winds are from W NW to N keep your eye open when they
move in from other directions.
Alto, meaning height, is the prefix for mid level clouds
6,500 to 20,000 feet. Can be the bearers of
precipitation.
A low level cloud group from ground level (we call that
fog) to 6,500 feet has no prefix, but precipitation is likely.
Vertical development clouds -- Cumulus means heap or
pile. A few fluffy cottonballs can be fair weather cumulus, but
once vertical development starts, get out the umbrellas. Stratus
means layers and designates appearance -- nimbus in a cloud type
means rain.
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