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high clouds Types of clouds the mean lower level of which in the temperate latitudes is above 16,500 feet. The principal clouds in this group are cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. See cloud classification and other discussion in ART-3 and RES-14, the Cloud Atlas.

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