Reeds Cloud Handbook

Introduction to the weather
How to use this book
A brief introduction to the clouds
Deciphering cloud names
A bit of history

Weather systems
Air masses
Depressions
Anticyclones

High clouds
Cirrus
Thick cirrus (cirrus spissatus)
Cirrostratus
Cirrocumulus
Contrails (cirrus homogenitus)

Middle clouds
Altocumulus floccus
Altocumulus castellanus
Altocumulus sheets (altocumulus stratiformis)
Altocumulus lenticularis
Thin altostratus (altostratus translucidus)
Thick altostratus (altostratus opacus)

Lower clouds
Cumulus
Cumulus fractus
Fair weather cumulus (cumulus humilis)
Towering cumulus (cumulus congestus)
Cumulus cloud streets (cumulus radiatus)
Featureless stratus (stratus nebulosus)
Broken stratus (stratus fractus)
Stratocumulus
Stratocumulus stratiformis
Stratocumulus castellanus
Nimbostratus
Cumulonimbus calvus
Cumulonimbus capillatus
Thunderstorms

Supplementary features and accessory clouds
Supplementary features
Asperitas
Mamma
Fall streaks (virga)
Anvil (incus)
Funnel cloud (tuba)
Shelf and roll clouds (arcus)
Kelvin-Helmholtz waves (fluctus)
Accessory clouds
Cap clouds (pileus)
Pannus
Velum

Fog
Sea fog (advection fog)
Land fog (radiation fog)
Upslope fog
Frontal fog
Sea smoke

Clouds outside the troposphere
Nacreous (mother of pearl)
Noctilucent

Optical phenomena
Rainbow
Corona
Halo
Mock sun/sun dog/parhelion
Iridescence
Ice rainbow (circumzenithal arc)
Sunbeams and crepuscular rays
Glory

Cloud weather lore

Glossary

Quick cloud identifier

Index

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