Register: Cloud type
stable
URI: http://codes.wmo.int/bufr4/codeflag/0-20-012
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Contents
| Notation | Name | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Cirrus (Ci) | stable | |
| 1 | Cirrocumulus (Cc) | stable | |
| 2 | Cirrostratus (Cs) | stable | |
| 3 | Altocumulus (Ac) | stable | |
| 4 | Altostratus (As) | stable | |
| 5 | Nimbostratus (Ns) | stable | |
| 6 | Stratocumulus (Sc) | stable | |
| 7 | Stratus (St) | stable | |
| 8 | Cumulus (Cu) | stable | |
| 9 | Cumulonimbus (Cb) | stable | |
| 10 | No CH clouds | stable | |
| 11 | Cirrus fibratus, sometimes uncinus, not progressively invading the sky | stable | |
| 12 | Cirrus spissatus, in patches or entangled sheaves, which usually do not increase and sometimes seem to be the remains of the upper part of a Cumulonimbus; or Cirrus castellanus or floccus | stable | |
| 13 | Cirrus spissatus cumulonimbogenitus | stable | |
| 14 | Cirrus uncinus or fibratus, or both, progressively invading the sky; they generally thicken as a whole | stable | |
| 15 | Cirrus (often in bands) and Cirrostratus, or Cirrostratus alone, progressively invading the sky; they generally thicken as a whole, but the continuous veil does not reach 45 degrees above the horizon | stable | |
| 16 | Cirrus (often in bands) and Cirrostratus, or Cirrostratus alone, progressively Invading the sky; they generally thicken as a whole; the continuous veil extends more than 45 degrees above the horizon, without the sky being totally covered | stable | |
| 17 | Cirrostratus covering the whole sky | stable | |
| 18 | Cirrostratus not progressively invading the sky and not entirely covering it | stable | |
| 19 | Cirrocumulus alone, or Cirrocumulus predominant among the CH clouds | stable | |
| 20 | No CM clouds | stable | |
| 21 | Altostratus translucidus | stable | |
| 22 | Altostratus opacus or Nimbostratus | stable | |
| 23 | Altocumulus translucidus at a single level | stable | |
| 24 | Patches (often lenticular) of Altocumulus translucidus, continually changing and occurring at one or more levels | stable | |
| 25 | Altocumulus translucidus in bands, or one or more layers of Altocumulus translucidus or opacus, progressively invading the sky; these Altocumulus clouds generally thicken as a whole | stable | |
| 26 | Altocumulus cumulogenitus (or cumulonimbogenitus) | stable | |
| 27 | Altocumulus translucidus or opacus in two or more layers, or Altocumulus opacus in a single layer, not progressively invading the sky, or Altocumulus with Altostratus or Nimbostratus | stable | |
| 28 | Altocumulus castellanus or floccus | stable | |
| 29 | Altocumulus of a chaotic sky, generally at several levels | stable | |
| 30 | No CL clouds | stable | |
| 31 | Cumulus humilis or Cumulus fractus other than of bad weather,* or both | stable | |
| 32 | Cumulus mediocris or congestus, Towering cumulus (TCU), with or without Cumulus of species fractus or humilis or Stratocumulus, all having their bases at the same level | stable | |
| 33 | Cumulonimbus calvus, with or without Cumulus, Stratocumulus or Stratus | stable | |
| 34 | Stratocumulus cumulogenitus | stable | |
| 35 | Stratocumulus other than Stratocumulus cumulogenitus | stable | |
| 36 | Stratus nebulosus or Stratus fractus other than of bad weather,* or both | stable | |
| 37 | Stratus fractus or Cumulus fractus of bad weather,* or both (pannus), usually below Altostratus or Nimbostratus | stable | |
| 38 | Cumulus and Stratocumulus other than Stratocumulus cumulogenitus, with bases at different levels | stable | |
| 39 | Cumulonimbus capillatus (often with an anvil), with or without Cumulonimbus calvus, Cumulus, Stratocumulus, Stratus or pannus | stable | |
| 40 | CH | stable | |
| 41 | CM | stable | |
| 42 | CL | stable | |
| 59 | Cloud not visible owing to darkness, fog, duststorm, sandstorm, or other analogous phenomena | stable | |
| 60 | CH clouds invisible owing to darkness, fog, blowing dust or sand, or other similar phenomena, or because of a continuous layer of lower clouds | stable | |
| 61 | CM clouds invisible owing to darkness, fog, blowing dust or sand, or other similar phenomena, or because of continuous layer of lower clouds | stable | |
| 62 | CL clouds invisible owing to darkness, fog, blowing dust or sand, or other similar phenomena | stable | |
| 63 | Missing value | stable |