Winter is here! It’s time to thank the nimbostratus for our fluffy white playground’s return! Patiently, we’ve waited for this snowfall for it has been hidden in secrecy for many months. This mystical ...

These clouds don't produce rain. Rainy days often bring dark, low clouds called Nimbostratus (Figure 4). Storm clouds are called Cumulonimbus (Figure 5). They can grow thousands of feet into the ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- All clouds are made up of basically the same thing: water droplets or ice crystals that float in the sky. Cloud types are classified by appearance and location in the sky. High clouds ...

Nimbostratus clouds: A low (usually less than 1,000 feet), uniformly gray, feebly illuminated layer of clouds from which steady precipitation falls. Nimbostratus usually looks “wet” and covers the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Maybe you know two kinds of clouds: pretty and ominous. Or maybe you know a few scientific terms: blanket stratus and puffy cumulus. Regardless, there are many different types of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- All clouds are made up of basically the same thing: water droplets or ice crystals that float in the sky. Cloud types are classified by appearance and location in the sky. High clouds ...