Puffy to wispy, barely there or dark and menacing, clouds come in many shapes and sizes. Each tells a story about what’s ...

Just a solid grey, flat cloud hovering in the sky. These are referred to as stratus clouds. Stratus clouds come from the Latin word “stratus” which means layer. These clouds are formed under ...

When clouds form thick layers, we add the word “stratus,” or “layer,” to the name. Stratus can occur just above the ground, or a bit higher up – we call it altostratus then. It can occur ...