Cirrus clouds are high, thin and white, occurring in patches or feathery sheets. Cumulus clouds consist of rounded masses that have a dome or tower shape and cauliflower-like structure. Stratus clouds form sheets or layers that cover much of the sky, with only minor breaks and no distinct clouds.

1. Cloud Types
By: Ashleigh Lynn

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.