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 ...

If there’s enough moisture and lift, stratus clouds can create rain or snow. These are nimbostratus. There are a number of other unique and beautiful cloud types that can form as air rises over ...

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

This week in America it pays to know your cumulus from your cirrus and your nimbostratus from your plain old regular stratus. They are all types of cloud, with cloud cover forecast to play havoc ...