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14 Cards in this Set
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Stractus - ST
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low etage
sheet like looks like fog in the air near surface - 1500 ft |
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Stractus Fractus - SF
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low cloud
looks like fog that is breaking up near surface - 1500 ft |
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Stratocumulus - SC
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layer cloud with some shape
elements larger than 3 fingers width held at arms length low layer cloud with shape in the form of round masses, rolls, lines, or waves near surface - 6500 ft |
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Nimbostractus - NS
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dense
wet looking layer cloud low etage steady rain when stratus thickens & becomes dark & wet & you get long periods of rain or snow near surface - 1500 ft |
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Cumulus - CU
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low etage
flat bottom rounded top dense centre 1500ft - 6500ft |
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Cumulus Fractus - CF
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low etage
flat bottom rounded top dense centre edges are becoming more ragged looks like cumulus only it is starting to break up Near Surface - 6500 ft |
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Towering Cumulus - TCU
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Dense cloud
low etage vertical development no anvil dark bottom cauliflower top not as big as CB, but bigger than CU 1500 ft - 6500 ft |
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Cumulonibus - CB
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only cloud that has an "anvil" top
only cloud that can give hail only cloud that can produce thunder and lightning only cloud that can produce a tornado cloud that shows "mammas" 1500 ft - 6500 ft |
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Altocumulus - AC
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middle etage
layer of patches, rolls, or waves layer cloud with shape, elements that are smaller than 3 fingers width but lager than 1 fingers width held at arms length 6500 ft - 20,000 ft |
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Altostratus - AS
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middle etage
sheet like no shape sun looks like as if it is being seen through ground glass 6500 ft - 20,000 ft |
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Altocumulus Castellanus - ACC
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middle etage
has castles or turrets small sections of vertical development 6500 ft - 20,000 ft |
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Cirrus - CI
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high etage
wispy hairlike hooks & tuffs pure white dense 20,000 ft - above |
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Cirrocumulus - CC
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high etage
small white round elements pure white layer with small elements that are smaller than 1 finger width held at arms length 20.000 ft - above |
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Cirrostractus - CS
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milky white with halo
sheet like 20,000 ft - above |
