A sorted list of cloud classifications

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    Family A (high-level)
    type: /meteorology/cloud_classification
    clouds
    • Cirrus
    • Cirrus uncinus
    • Pileus
    • Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
    • Cirrostratus
    • Cirrocumulus
    • Contrail
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    Family B (mid-level)
    type: /meteorology/cloud_classification
    clouds
    • Altostratus
    • Altocumulus
    • Altocumulus undulatus
    • Altocumulus mackerel sky
    • Altocumulus castellanus
    • Altocumulus lenticularis
    • Altostratus undulatus
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    Family C (low-level)
    type: /meteorology/cloud_classification
    clouds
    • Stratus
    • Nimbostratus
    • Cumulus humilis
    • Cumulus mediocris
    • Stratocumulus
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    Family D (vertical)
    type: /meteorology/cloud_classification
    clouds
    • Cumulonimbus incus
    • Cumulus
    • Cumulus congestus
    • Cumulonimbus calvus
    • Mammatus
    • Pyrocumulus cloud