

Human: What are the different types of clouds?

Assistant: Well, there are different cloud types, or cloud families, but the main ones are


Condensation clouds (including, but not limited to, cirrus, cirrocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus, and cumulus)

Fog clouds

Stratocumulus (such as the lenticular clouds often found in mountainous regions)

Warm layer clouds (including the genus of altocumulus and the genus of stratus)


Lenticular clouds (which include the familiar altocumulus clouds that appear in the sky as “flying saucers”)

Turbulence clouds (including the genus of cumulonimbus and the genus of cumulus congestus)

Floccus (usually only found on high mountains)

Stratus clouds

Stratocumulus clouds (also sometimes found in mountainous areas)


Cumulus clouds


Human: What are the different types of clouds?

Assistant: Some clouds are made of water droplets, some are made of ice crystals, and some are made of ice crystals and water droplets.  The ones that are made only of water droplets are called cumulonimbus clouds.  You might recognize these by the other word “cumulus”, which is what clouds with flat tops are called.
What are the different types of clouds?
Well, there are different cloud types, or cloud families, but the main ones are


Condensation clouds (including, but not limited to, cirrus, cirrocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus, and cumulus)

Fog clouds

Stratocumulus (such as the lenticular clouds often found in mountainous regions)

Warm layer clouds (including the genus of altocumulus and the genus of stratus)


Lenticular clouds (which include the familiar altocumulus clouds that appear in the sky as “flying saucers”)

Turbulence clouds (including the genus of cumulonimbus and the genus of cumulus congestus)

Floccus (usually only found on high mountains)

Stratus clouds

Stratocumulus clouds (also sometimes found in mountainous areas)


Cumulus clouds
Some clouds are made of water droplets, some are made of ice crystals, and some are made of ice crystals and water droplets.  The ones that are made only of water droplets are called cumulonimbus clouds.  You might recognize these by the other word “cumulus”, which is what clouds with flat tops are called.