In general, those wispy clouds way up in the sky are cirrus clouds. In Latin it means a lock of hair, a bird’s tuft or a tuft of horsehair. They tend to be pretty curly, and they are always icy.

According to the National Weather Service, unlike cirrus, cirrostratus clouds form more of a widespread, veil-like layer (similar to what stratus clouds do in low levels.) ...

Most elementary age students can rattle off cumulus, cirrus, nimbus, or stratus clouds pretty easily, but the reality is that there are far more cloud types. Clouds play very important roles in ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - We’ve had some fog recently. Do you know to which of the 3 cloud types fog belongs? Hint: Nimbus is not a cloud type. Nimbus is added as either a prefix or suffix to ...

Clouds are a key indicator of incoming weather conditions. They can be roughly categorized into four main names based on their formation and function — cirrus, cumulus, stratus and nimbus.

Common modifications are clouds of vertical development that span more than one altitude range, and dark nimbus clouds that are associated with precipitation. With these various combinations there ...

With winter weather hitting the North East we’re accustomed to grey and cloudy skies, as the gallery above shows - check out the mammatus clouds above Byker! This time last year we saw the ...

Clouds have a significant influence on climate, and vice versa. As the Earth's global temperature increases, the number, density and altitude of cumulus, cirrus, nimbus and other clouds should change.

American Meteorological Journal, August.—The principal articles are:—Relation of clouds to rainfall, by H. Helm Clayton. A special study of cloud-forms before and after rain was made at the ...