| Height
of Cloud Bases |
| Tropics |
| Middle Lat. |
| Polar |
| High |
|
|
| 20,000
to |
|
| 60,000 ft |
|
|
|
| 16,000
to |
|
| 43,000 ft |
|
|
|
| 10,000
to |
|
| 26,000 ft |
|
| Middle |
|
|
| 6,500 to |
|
| 26,000
ft |
|
|
|
| 6,500 to |
|
| 23,000
ft |
|
|
|
| 6,500 to |
|
| 13,000
ft |
|
| Low |
|
|
| surface
to |
|
| 6,500 ft |
|
|
|
| surface
to |
|
| 6,500 ft |
|
|
|
| surface
to |
|
| 6,500 ft |
|
| Note how cloud
heights lower at higher latitude. |