Cloud Types -for kids.

Clouds form in three basic patterns:
1.Cirrus
2. Stratus
3. Cumulus
When clouds combine with each -other , a number of different cloud combinations are created.
The clouds that bring rains : The Latin word for shower is nimbus. So the technical term for describing the cloud associated with thunderstorms is cumulonimbus.
Clouds are also distinguished by the heights above ground level at which they form.
1. High Level
2. Middle level (Alto)
3. Low level