<P> Altocumulus clouds are a mid-level cloud that forms from 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) high to 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) in polar areas, 7,000 metres (23,000 ft) in temperate areas, and 7,600 metres (24,900 ft) in tropical areas . They can have precipitation and are commonly composed of a mixture of ice crystals, supercooled water droplets, and water droplets in temperate latitudes . However, the liquid water concentration was almost always significantly greater than the concentration of ice crystals, and the maximum concentration of liquid water tended to be at the top of the cloud while the ice concentrated itself at the bottom . The ice crystals in the base of the altocumulus clouds and in the virga were found to be dendrites or conglomerations of dendrites while needles and plates resided more towards the top . Altocumulus clouds can form via convection or via the forced uplift caused by a warm front . Because Altocumulus is a genus - type of limited convection, it is divided into the same four species as cirrocumulus . </P> <P> A stratocumulus cloud is another type of stratocumuliform cloud . Like cumulus clouds, they form at low levels and via convection . However, unlike cumulus clouds, their growth is almost completely retarded by a strong inversion . As a result, they flatten out like stratus clouds, giving them a layered appearance . These clouds are extremely common, covering on average around twenty - three percent of the earth's oceans and twelve percent of the earth's continents . They are less common in tropical areas and commonly form after cold fronts . Additionally, stratocumulus clouds reflect a large amount of the incoming sunlight, producing a net cooling effect . Stratocumulus clouds can produce drizzle, which stabilizes the cloud by warming it and reducing turbulent mixing . Being a cloud of limited convection, stratocumulus is divided into three species; stratiformis, lenticularis, and castellanus, that are common to the higher stratocumuliform genus - types . </P> <P> Cumulonimbus clouds are the final form of growing cumulus clouds . They form when cumulus congestus clouds develop a strong updraft that propels their tops higher and higher into the atmosphere until they reach the tropopause at 18,000 metres (59,000 ft) in altitude . Cumulonimbus clouds, commonly called thunderheads, can produce high winds, torrential rain, lightning, gust fronts, waterspouts, funnel clouds, and tornadoes . They commonly have anvil clouds . </P> <P> A short - lived horseshoe cloud may occur when a horseshoe vortex deforms a cumulus cloud . </P>

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