Cloud are categorised based on 3 main types according to the layers they develop: high, middle and low clouds. Obviously, temperature and pressure drop as you as rise within the atmosphere where the clouds and weather are found known as the troposphere.
▶Low Level Clouds
» stratus-clouds
» stratocumulus-lenticularis
» stratocumulus-clouds
» cumulus-humilis
» cumulus-mediocris
» cumulus-congestus
▶Middle Level Clouds
» altocumulus-lenticularis
» altocumulus-mackerel-sky
» altostratus-clouds
» nimbostratus-clouds
» altocumulus-undulatus
» altocumulus-castellanus
» altocumulus-clouds
▶High Level Clouds
» cirrocumulus-clouds
» cirrus-clouds
» cirrostratus-clouds
Cloud Types and Descriptions from the Univerity of Illinois
Observation Weather Techniques Description of cloud types
