Hlahisa mefuta e leshome e latelang ea maru ka bophahamo: Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus, Stratocumulus, Cumulonimbus, NimboStratus, Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus, Altostratus, Altocumulus,
Ka kakaretso mefuta ena ea maru e aroloa ka lihlopha tse tharo tse fapaneng tsa bophahamo.  Leru le leketlileng le tlaase ka ho fetisisa le ka hare ho sebaka sa lik'hilomithara tse peli'me le koahela mefuta e mene e thathamisitsoeng mona - Stratus, Cumulus, Cumulonimbus le Stratocumulus.  Maru a bophahamo bo bohareng a bohōle ba lik'hilomithara tse peli ho isa ho tse supileng. Mefuta e meraro ea maru sehlopheng sena ke Nimbostratus, Altocumulus le Altostratus.  Qetellong, maru a bophahamo bo phahameng ka ho fetisisa a ka ba bolelele ba lik'hilomithara tse 13. Tsena li akarelletsa Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, le Cirrostratus.  E 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ea mefuta ena ea maru e na le mefuta e meng ea maru e itšetlehileng ka sebopeho le ponahalo ea eona.