Clouds are one of my favorite things about meteorology. Aside from being pretty to look at, they can actually tell you quite a lot about the weather around you.

Many of our viewers have captured pictures of rainbow clouds and this is actually called cloud iridescence. Meteorologist ...

There are actually three types of lenticular clouds: altocumulus standing lenticularis (ACSL), stratocumulus standing lenticular (SCSL), and cirrocumulus standing lenticular (CCSL).

Puffy, wispy, white and gray, we’ve seen them all this spring. Clouds come in a variety of types, and each type comes with ...

Cirrocumulus clouds are also white and can be sheet-like and rippled. Mid-level clouds are usually gray and are identified as either altocumulus, altostratus, or nimbostratus.

Cirrocumulus: Thin, white clouds that also appear like a patchy sheet or layer, but arranged somewhat-regularly into grains or ripples without shading. They are high-level clouds and are short ...

Clouds are also grouped by height, and there are three categories: High Clouds (16,500-45,000 feet), Mid-level Clouds ... Within the cirrus group, we have Cirrus, Cirrostratus, and Cirrocumulus.

The highest clouds are the wispiest: cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. They generally form above 20,000 feet, and typically indicate a coming change in the winds or weather .

A mackerel sky is made up of rows of either mid-level altocumulus or high-level cirrocumulus clouds that form in small clumps called cloudlets.

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 ...