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member 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 | CH | CL | Altocumulus cumulogenitus (or cumulonimbogenitus) | Cloud not visible owing to darkness, fog, duststorm, sandstorm, or other analogous phenomena | Cirrus (Ci) | Altocumulus castellanus or floccus | Stratocumulus cumulogenitus | Stratus nebulosus or Stratus fractus other than of bad weather,* or both | Stratus fractus or Cumulus fractus of bad weather,* or both (pannus), usually below Altostratus or Nimbostratus | No CM clouds | Missing value | 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 | Cirrostratus not progressively invading the sky and not entirely covering it | No CH clouds | CM | Cumulonimbus capillatus (often with an anvil), with or without Cumulonimbus calvus, Cumulus, Stratocumulus, Stratus or pannus | Cirrocumulus alone, or Cirrocumulus predominant among the CH clouds | Cumulus humilis or Cumulus fractus other than of bad weather,* or both | Cirrus fibratus, sometimes uncinus, not progressively invading the sky | Cirrus spissatus cumulonimbogenitus | 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 | Cirrocumulus (Cc) | Altocumulus of a chaotic sky, generally at several levels | Nimbostratus (Ns) | Cirrostratus (Cs) | Altostratus (As) | Stratocumulus (Sc) | CH clouds invisible owing to darkness, fog, blowing dust or sand, or other similar phenomena, or because of a continuous layer of lower clouds | Cumulus (Cu) | Cumulus and Stratocumulus other than Stratocumulus cumulogenitus, with bases at different levels | Altostratus translucidus | Altostratus opacus or Nimbostratus | Patches (often lenticular) of Altocumulus translucidus, continually changing and occurring at one or more levels | No CL clouds | 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 | 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 | Cirrus uncinus or fibratus, or both, progressively invading the sky; they generally thicken as a whole | Cumulonimbus calvus, with or without Cumulus, Stratocumulus or Stratus | Stratocumulus other than Stratocumulus cumulogenitus | Altocumulus (Ac) | Stratus (St) | CM clouds invisible owing to darkness, fog, blowing dust or sand, or other similar phenomena, or because of continuous layer of lower clouds | Cumulonimbus (Cb) | CL clouds invisible owing to darkness, fog, blowing dust or sand, or other similar phenomena | 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 | Cirrostratus covering the whole sky | Altocumulus translucidus at a single level
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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