Puffy, wispy, white and gray, we’ve seen them all this spring. Clouds come in a variety of types, and each type comes with ...

F rom cirrus wisps to stratus blankets to cumulus puffs, clouds generally look lighter than air, unless there's a dark nimbus ...

Nimbostratus are stratus or stratocumulus clouds that are producing snow or rainfall. If you see a root of the word “nimbus,” think precipitation. There are also an array of interesting clouds ...

There are four types of clouds: cumulus, stratus, cirrus, and nimbus. Clouds also form at three layers in the troposphere, the lowest section of the atmosphere.

Because stratus clouds form at such a low altitude (typically below 2,000 ft, but can form as high as 4,000 ft), the droplets within the clouds remain in liquid form. Jennifer Gray is a weather ...

Most clouds fit under four core categories: to the cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and nimbus. However, nacreous clouds are a cool phenomenon worth seeing.

IN his “Instructions for Observing Clouds” (London, 1888, p. 12), Hon. Ralph Abercromby defines stratus as “a thin uniform layer of cloud at a very low level,” and as an illustration ...

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