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 ...

A few stratus clouds will roll in this morning and will linger through the afternoon—one or two sprinkles in the morning, mainly across the Pee Dee. High temperatures today will jump to 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 ...

TODAY: Tuesday will be comparable to Monday, after a high near 60° on Monday. We expect to reach near low 60s across 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 ...

Weather forecasting can often seem as arcane as gazing into a crystal ball, but the skill lies in analyzing current conditions, identifying weather patterns and applying climatology to produce a ...

One look at the image of the Golden Gate Bridge below and most of us would call the clouds "fog." What we see there is a marine layer cloud, and a new study has been published that says high carbon ...

Record-high temperatures are highly possible — if not a foregone conclusion — on Wednesday, and especially on Christmas Day.

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.