Clouds get their shapes by the air that surrounds them. We have all experienced those days when the clouds seem like a blanket covering the sky. Just a solid grey, flat cloud hovering in the sky.

Question: What is the difference between a cloud higher or lower in the sky? What are stratus and cirrus clouds? — Jayden Wilkins Answer: Stratus clouds are smooth clouds that usually occur in the ...

We stare at clouds all the time, whether trying to figure out what they look like or if they're bringing rain. Yet most of us know very little about clouds, let alone how to identify them. The World ...

When's the last time you went cloud-gazing? Sinking, rising, spreading, changing—there’s always something exciting happening to the clouds overhead. The big puffy ones—what are they called? And the ...

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 reproduces a ...

A weak weather system will move into southwest Iowa late this evening, bringing the potential for a brief period of wintry ...

When I sat down in the weather center Saturday afternoon, I knew a big challenge (among many in Oklahoma) would be the extent of the low stratus clouds Sunday. One of the computer weather models ...

Valley inversions are already settling in across the region and are expected to strengthen as we approach Wednesday. Expect a ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- If you were outside around midday Monday you may have caught a glimpse of some very cool, wavy-looking clouds. These are known as Altostratus Undulatus clouds! Yup, that's a mouthful.