what are clouds called?

Question

they have a proper name but does anyone know it

Answer 1

There are many names for different structures, such as Nimbus, Cumulus, Cirrus, Rhombus...

Answer 2

There are 4 types of clouds and the proper names are : Stratus, Cumulus , Cirrus and nimbus. All these names come from Latin words. Then inside of these types of clouds are subcategories such as : Contrails, Stratocumulus , Cirrostratus and many more. Then to make it worse there are names for clouds at different levels :Cirro and Alto... Add the word Nimbo to the beggining of a cloud name if it is producing precipiation or add nimbus to the end for the same thing. There are so many different names that I cant type them all because sometimes you combine two different names to name one cloud or add a word because of its height or something else.. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Clouds are divided into three levels, low middle and high level clouds. Internationally there are ten cloud types and these are further categorised into nine types for each of the three levels. The ten main cloud types are
Low level:
Stratus (St)
Stratocumulus (Sc)
Cumulus (Cu)
Cumulonimbus (Cb)

Middle level:
Altocumulus(Ac)
Altostratus (As)
Nimbostratus(Ns)

High level:
Cirrus (Ci)
Cirrocumulus (Cc)
Cirrostratus (Cs)

All the other clouds are variations or combinations of these ten types. Most of the variations are covered in the further international classification of clouds into nine types for each level For instance, the low clouds are:
1. Cumulus of small vertical extent
2. Cumulus of large vertical extent
3. Cumulonimbus which hasn't yet developed an anvil.
4. Stratocumulus formed by the spreading out of cumulus
5. Stratocumulus
6. Stratus of fine weather
7. Stratus of bad weather (often called fractostratus)
8. Cumulus and stratocumulus with bases at different levels
9. Cumulonimbus with an anvil.

For most purposes, however, and for aviation certainly, the ten main types are what you need to know.

Answer 4

Good question. There are low clouds that are layered are called stratus, low clouds that are puffy are called cumulus; middle level clouds called alto giving us alto stratus and alto cumulus; high level clouds called cirrus giving us cirrostratus and cirrocumulus. Clouds of vertical development are called cumulus congestus or cumulonimbus (a thunderstorm cloud). Clouds from which rain or virga falls are called nimbus giving us nimbostratus. In addition to these there are many special cloud types associated for example with mountains (wave clouds called lenticular clouds), or with stability normally associated with stratus called mammatus clouds (they hang down beneath the stratus like clumps of grapes or breasts - hence their name). Hope this helps a little.

Answer 5

A cloud is a cloud; they are, however, divided into different types of clouds, ie., Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus, and these are subdivided yet again. Look at the link below for more in-depth info.

Answer 6

The Latin word for 'cloud' is NEBULA (plural: nebulae or nebulas).

In ASTRONOMY, a nebula is a cloud of gas and dust. You can find out more about those far away clouds here: http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/solar_nebula.htm

In MEDICINE, a nebula is a clouded spot on the eye causing defective vision.

In METEOROLOGY, the clouds have various names depending on their altitude and other qualities. The Latin origins behind terms such as cirrus, cumulus etc are explained here: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761571037&pn=4

Answer 7

Sheep! Fluffy things. Clouds. Nimbus, Circus, Cumulus. White things in air. UFOs. I dont know..

Answer 8

Most clouds ave diff names, all depends on wot dey luk like

Answer 9

Cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, cirrus, altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus and stratus, the latter ones being the lowest. They have different names depending on their shape and where they are. Some have common names e.g. mares' tails for cirrus.

Answer 10

well there are many types of clouds