Types of Clouds

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