Hlukanisa lezi zinhlobo zamafu ezilandelayo eziyishumi ngokwezinga lokuphakama: I-Cirrus, i-Cumulus, i-Stratus, i-Stratocumulus, i-Cumulonimbus, i-NimboStratus, i-Cirrocumulus, i-Cirrostratus, i-Altostratus, i-Altocumulus
Lezi zinhlobo zamafu ngokuvamile zihlukaniswa ngamaqembu amathathu ahlukene aphakeme.  Amafu aphansi alengayo angamakhilomitha amabili futhi ahlanganisa izinhlobo ezine ezibalwe lapha - i-Stratus, i-Cumulus, i-Cumulonimbus, ne-Stratocumulus.  Amafu aphakeme aphakathi nendawo angamakhilomitha amabili kuya kwayisikhombisa ukusuka lapho. Izinhlobo ezintathu zamafu akulesi sigaba yiNimbostratus, iAltocumulus, ne-Altostratus.  Okokugcina, amafu aphakeme kakhulu angaba ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha angu-13 ukuphakama. Lezi zihlanganisa iCirrus, iCirrocumulus, neCirrostratus.  Ngayinye yalezi zinhlobo zamafu inezinhlobo zamafu ezengeziwe ngokususelwa ekwakhekeni nasekubukekeni.