Mid-level clouds with a puffy appearance that often appear as rows?

Mid-level clouds with a puffy appearance that often appear as rows?

• A. Altocumulus
• B. Cumulus
• C. Cirrocumulus
• D. Stratus

Answer: (A)

Clouds are classified by altitude and by shape. Mid-level puffy clouds that often form in bands are altocumulus. They sit roughly between 2,000 and 7,000 meters above the ground and look like rounded white or gray lumps arranged in parallel rows or waves across the sky. That rowy, puffy pattern is the hallmark of this type at that height. Cumulus would be the typical low, standalone puffballs, not usually arranged in rows and not at mid-level. Cirrocumulus appear high in the sky with a finer, fish-scale texture, not the mid-level puffy bands described. Stratus forms flat, uniform layers rather than puffy masses in rows.

Clouds are classified by altitude and by shape. Mid-level puffy clouds that often form in bands are altocumulus. They sit roughly between 2,000 and 7,000 meters above the ground and look like rounded white or gray lumps arranged in parallel rows or waves across the sky. That rowy, puffy pattern is the hallmark of this type at that height.

Cumulus would be the typical low, standalone puffballs, not usually arranged in rows and not at mid-level. Cirrocumulus appear high in the sky with a finer, fish-scale texture, not the mid-level puffy bands described. Stratus forms flat, uniform layers rather than puffy masses in rows.