Types of Clouds
Across
- 2. high clouds, thin wispy, and feathery, composed of ice crystals.
- 3. Large clouds with dark bases and tall billowing towers that can have sharp well defined edges or an anvil shape at the top.
- 4. High clouds, light gray or white, often thin with the Sun or Moon seen through them.
- 7. Low clouds with irregular masses of clouds, rolling or puffy in appearance, sometimes with space between the clouds.
- 9. Low clouds, that are light or dark gray and generally uniform in appearance and cover most of the sky.
- 11. Where cirrocumulus,cirrostratus, and cirrus clouds are located
- 12. Where nimbostratus, cumulus, stratus, stratocumulus, and cumulonimbus clouds are located
Down
- 1. Low clouds that appear puffy and look like cotton balls, popcorn or cauliflower.
- 3. High clouds with a puffy, patchy appearance and small spaces between clouds.
- 5. Where altocumulus, and altostratus are located
- 6. Middle clouds, light gray and uniform in appearance, generally covering most of the sky.
- 8. Middle clouds with a puffy, patchy appearance, usually with spaces between clouds.
- 10. Low and middle dark gray clouds with precipitation falling from them.