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CM6 Ac from spreading out of Cu

The top of the cumulus cloud spreads out to form altocumulus CM 6.

Cu and Ac
Cumulus base 3,000 ft, altocumulus base about 10,500 ft, cirrostratus about 25,000 ft. © R.K. Pilsbury

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