CONTACT EXPLORE CLOUDS CLOUD CHART HIGH CIRRUS DETACHED WHITE PATCHES FIBROUS SHEEN CIRRUS CLOUDS ALWAYS ICE CRYSTALS CHARACTER DEPENDS DEGREE OF SEPARATION RULE CROSS DISK BRIGHTNESS BEFORE SUNRISE COLORED BRIGHT YELLOW LIT UP FADE OUT CIRROSTRATUS WHITISH VEIL SMOOTH SHEET NEARLY ENDS COVERING THE WHOLE MILKY THIN DISTINGUISHED SIMILAR APPEARANCE HALO PHENOMENA THE SUN THE MOON LAYER WHITE PATCH SHADING VERY SMALL ELEMENTS MORE OR LESS ARRANGED GRAINS GENERAL STATE CHANGE CONNECTION SHOW ICE CRYSTAL ALTOSTRATUS GRAY BLUISH SHEETS LAYERS TOTALLY COVERS ENOUGH REVEAL AS IF SEEN GROUND DO NOT PRODUCE HALO PHENOMENON THE SHADOWS ON THE GROUND SOMETIME VIRGA HANGING TIMES REACH THE GROUND CAUSING VERY LIGHT ALTOCUMULUS WHITE GENERALLY MASSES THE EDGE PATCH FRONT MOON CORONA RING THE OUTSIDE BLUE INSIDE COMMON APPEARS SAME TIME APPEAR NIMBOSTRATUS CONTINUOUS RAIN DARK GRAY DIFFUSED FALLING BLOT THE CLOUD LOWERS LOW LEVEL PRECIPITATION BENEATH SOMETIMES CUMULUS DENSE SHARP DEVELOP RISING DOMES TOWERS UPPER PARTS SUNLIT BRILLIANT BASES DARK DAYS CLEAR SKIES TOWARD STRATUS UNIFORM DRIZZLE ICE SNOW GRAINS WHEN THE SUN VISIBLE OUTLINE DISSIPATES BLUE SKY THE THUNDERSTORM HEAVY MOUNTAIN HUGE SHAPE ANVIL VAST THE BASE MERGE CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS HAIL STRATOCUMULUS ALMOST ALWAYS TESSELLATIONS EXCEPT WIDTH FINGERS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JETSTREAM ONLINE SCHOOL