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.

“Stratus” comes from the Latin word meaning layer or spread over. Stratus clouds form when a large, moist air mass gradually cools as it rises. This cooling causes the water vapor in the air ...

Snow grains fall mostly from Stratus clouds or from fog, and never in the form of a shower. Except in the mountains, snow grains usually fall in small quantities. When the grains hit hard ground, they ...