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Nimbostratus  (NS)
Cirrus (CI)

Aerographers Mate, Module 01-Surface Weather Observations
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Figure 1-22.—Typical altocumulus cloud. with altostratus clouds. Mock suns or pillars, without the  surrounding  halo,  indicate  high  level  altocumulus stratocumulus  clouds.  Irisation  may  occur  with cirrocumulus  clouds. pastel shading of cloud element edges with colors of the clouds composed mainly of ice crystals. Irisation, the spectrum, occurs in ice crystal clouds, which, based on the  known  freezing  level,  may  help  rule  out and have more varieties than any other cloud form. The Altocumulus clouds are classified in four species, four  species  of  altocumulus  clouds  are  altocumulus castellanus,   altocumulus   floccus,   altocumulus stratiformis,  and  altocumulus  lenticularis.  The Figure 1-23.—Typical cirrocumulus cloud. 1-21







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