Cloud-watchers can talk all about the interesting shapes they've noticed over the years. They may have been gazing out the ...

Centuries later in 1803, amateur meteorologist Luke Howard authored an essay that named the types of clouds: cirrus, cumulus and stratus. The word cirrus comes from the Latin word “cirro ...

“Cirrus clouds — high, wispy clouds visible in the distant atmosphere on relatively clear days — absorb and trap more radiation, warming the Earth,” while “stratus or stratocumulus ...

This gives us a sequence of four kinds of clouds: Cirrus, Stratus, Cirrus, Cumulonimbus. Go back to the Cloud Atlas Page and use the number associated with each cloud's name in its place in the 4 ...

By tonight, the cold front will clear the viewing area, with low stratus and cirrus clouds combining to create mostly cloudy to overcast skies. Low-level cold advection and cloud cover will keep ...