Other Clouds: The 5 Other Kinds of Clouds

Get to know 5 other kinds of clouds

These five cloud below can be considered the misfits of the cloud world. These are the clouds that are created with the help of either humans, fires, waterfalls, or forests. And they’re all pretty cool clouds in their own unique way.

Illustrated below are the five ‘other’ kinds of clouds. Clicking on a cloud illustration will lead you to a page that will provide you with a description, photograph examples, and illustrations of each cloud. Each illustration includes the cloud type (abbr.) that the cloud is associated with. The orange dot under the cloud type abbreviation indicates the specific cloud type that’s portrayed in the illustration. ⛅

A graphical illustration of a cataractagenitus cloud

Cataractagenitus (cagen)

Waterfall condensation and spray

A graphical illustration of the cloud type 'Flammagenitus'

Flammagenitus (flgen)

Pyrocumulus, caused from fire

A graphical illustration of a homogenitus cloud

Homogenitus (hogen)

Caused by human activity

A graphical illustration of the cloud type 'Homomutatus'

Homomutatus (homut)

Mutated from a homogenitus

A graphical illustration of the cloud type 'Silvagenitus'

Silvagenitus (sigen)

Evaporation from a forest