Above or below the shape indicating sky cover can lie a symbol indicating cloud type.

One cloud type is depicted for each of three possible cloud layers, if known.

Knowing the cloud type at various locations can help determine whether or not a weather front has passed by a particular location.

However, precipitation does not occur at ground level in case of virga and accompanies other cloud types.

The following is a summary of the main cloud types arranged by how high they form:

The meteorologically assigned cloud type associated with the thunderstorm is the cumulonimbus.

The song information now appears in a cloud type graphic which forms in the middle of the screen.

Supplementary features are not further subdivisions of cloud types below the species and variety level.

In general though, the codes and their symbols are used to identify cloud types at the species level.

For the sake of economy, a particular genus, species, or variety may share a numerical reporting code and symbol with another similar cloud type.