![nature-3193673_1280.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUUFCBUQqiUmyHdNfDc4uzihKEqeDB2jXH523TbJTTXd4/nature-3193673_1280.jpg) _{[Perfect Day To Have A Picnic](https://pixabay.com/en/nature-spring-eat-drink-picnic-3193673/)} Today is a beautiful day, with a relatively cold weather on this side of planet earth, unlike some days when the sun keeps smiling or the sky keeps crying but days like today,youd just look up and all you'd see is a clear blue sky but not with white fluffy-looking stuff floating in our skies though. For me and some couple of friends, we have been planning a picnic for weeks, but the weather hasn't been favourable for it, and this thus inspired my research on this very topic, just like my self if you have been held off from having picnic due to the weather, then buckle up tight as we learn the little we can and plan our picnic properly admits that rainny season which we find ourselves. Mind you today we learning about the *clouds!!* The clouds as I was told holds a lot of ancient stories especially for a number ofbus living in the Africa region of planet earth. When I was way younger than I am now, a common belief was held amongst the older children that *beyond the clouds was a deity*and heaven* (I really don't believe in that), and level to how true the aforementioned statement is, is definitely not a topic of discussion today, so quickly let's move unto our topic of discussion for today. So right about now, after the cut, I will be carrying out a review on the clouds, its formation types, atmospheric layers and how to easily identify them in the sky (I hope this helps us to plan our picnic) **SO WHAT ARE CLOUDS AND HOW ARE THEY FORMED?!** Clouds as we know them are basically are built on tiny drops of ice crystals or water droplets which then settle on dust particles in the atmosphere. These droplets of water or ice are so tiny (specifically a diameter of about a hundredth of a millimetre) that each cubic metre of air will contain 100 million droplets.

Tiny Water Droplets

aerosols!The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has given the classifications of clouds to be divided into three levels which are cloud low (CL), cloud medium (CM) and cloud high (CH) and they are also further sub-divided. Let's look at them in details. _{[source](https://public.wmo.int/en/WorldMetDay2017/classifying-clouds)}
**LOW LEVEL CLOUDS OR CLOUD LOW (CL)** >0 to 2,000m * *The Cumulus Clouds**

The Cumulus cloud, Pixabay CC0!

The Stratus Cloud At Daytime, Pexels CC0!

The Stratocumulus Cloud. Wikicommons, Simon A. Eugusta BY-SA CC 3.0!

The Cumulonimbus Cloud. Wikicommons, Famartin BY-SA CC 4.0! MID LEVEL CLOUD OR CLOUD MEDIUM (CM) >*2,000 to 6,000* * *The Altocumulus Cloud*

The Altocumulus Cloud, Pixabay CC0!

The Altostratus Cloud. Wikicommons, Indrajit Das BY-SA 3.0

The Nimbostratus Cloud. Wikicommons, Jack Halicki CC3.0 **HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS OR CLOUD HIGH (CH)** >*Above 6,000m* * *The Cirrus Clouds*

The Cirrus Cloud. Pixabay, CC0

The cirrostratus Cloud. Wikicommons, The High Spin Sperm Whale CC 3.0 * *The Cirrocumulus Cloud*

The Cirrocumulus Cloud; Evening View. Flickr CC0

Thanks For Reading @traviz **Refetences** [Clouds - Pilotfriends](http://www.pilotfriend.com/av_weather/meteo/clouds.htm) [What are clouds - NASA.gov](https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-are-clouds-k4.html) [Cloud Types - Scored.ucar.edu ](https://scied.ucar.edu/webweather/clouds/cloud-types) [Classifying Clouds - Public.wmo.int](https://public.wmo.int/en/WorldMetDay2017/classifying-clouds) [Low level clouds - Aviationknowledge](http://aviationknowledge.wikidot.com/aviation:low-level-clouds) ![ylp.gif](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmSxUQo9P5L8jM6Z4QZQTFfVit9b5L7WxPnBwEViBApEje)