21 terms

Norwegian	English
cumulus	Form of cloud that is puff balls, often with a flat base (but can lose flat base due to air circulation).
cirrus	Cloud that is high level and wispy, or light and patchy in form. Made of ice crystals and is always up high.
cirrostratus	High level, very light layers of cloud.
cirrocumulus	High level, puffy ball clouds.
altocumulus	Mid-level puffball clouds.
altostratus	Clouds at mid-level that form a light sheet that lets the sun or moon show as a bright spot.
nimbostratus	Clouds that are low-level, uniform layer, usually very dark, that bring strong precipitation.
cumulonimbus	Clouds that are the product of growth of cumulus which can form huge thunderheads.
stratus	Form of cloud in sheets or layers, that may cover the whole sky, and doesn't have separate clouds. Also refers to low clouds.
alto	General term for clouds that are at mid level
stratocumulus	Clouds that are low-level layers of cumulus clouds, that begin to touch each other and fuse.
nimbus	General term for clouds that means "rainy" in Latin.
cumulus	Form of cloud that is puff balls, often with a flat base (but can lose flat base due to air circulation).
cirrus	Cloud that is high level and wispy, or light and patchy in form. Made of ice crystals, and is always up high.
cirrostratus	High level, very light layers of cloud.
cirrocumulus	High level, puffy ball clouds.
altocumulus	Mid-level puffball clouds.
altostratus	Clouds at mid-level that form a light sheet that lets the sun or moon show as a bright spot.
nimbostratus	Clouds that are low-level, uniform layer, usually very dark, that bring strong precipitation.
cumulonimbus	Clouds that are the product of growth of cumulus which can form huge thunderheads.
stratocumulus	Clouds that are low-level layers of cumulus clouds, that begin to touch each other and fuse.

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