Cirrocumulus clouds can sometimes appear a little patchworked. Indrajit Das/Wikimedia Commons. 2. Cirrocumulus. Cirrocumulus clouds are similar to a well-worn basic sheet: thin and white.

Sometimes these clouds will remain small and indicate fair and calm weather, or they will aggressively build vertically through the atmosphere and eventually become large storm clouds hours later.

The other night, I saw a blue Moon shining through cirrocumulus clouds and felt a surge of delight. Blue Moons aren’t just calendric events but true-blue atmospheric phenomena — requiring only ...

All of us at one time or another have looked to the sky and watched the clouds. Clouds can be picturesque; ... Cirrocumulus clouds look like many small tufts of cotton, ...

One of the best responses I’ve ever had to the simple question “What’s up?” was from my father last year, when he answered, “The sky is up.” And what a beautiful sky it is! Rob ...

Cool-looking clouds, including hole punch and fall streak clouds, spotted in North Texas skies People sent photos of hole punch clouds, fall streak clouds and cirrocumulus clouds. Credit: Shannon ...

High clouds have a base of 20,00ft (6,000m) or higher and include cirrus, cirrocumulus and cirrostratus. Cirrus means thread-like, hairy or curled. Image source, WeatherEyeSteve/Weather Watchers ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The sun is back in the Philadelphia region Thursday. CBS3's Llarisa Abreu says you can expect another really nice day across the Delaware Valley. Cirrocumulus clouds were ...

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 ...