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.

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

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

Some Coloradans have noticed rainbow clouds over the past few days? This is actually a rare phenomenon called "cloud ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 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 .

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 ...