Here are the 10 basic clouds with examples from the Cloud Appreciation Society. ... Shelf cloud: A low, horizontal, sometimes wedge-shaped cloud associated with the leading edge of a thunderstorm.

A UFO-shaped lenticular cloud stunned onlookers in Lianyungang, China, but forecasters say it was likely a result of the ...

Puffy to wispy, barely there or dark and menacing, clouds come in many shapes and sizes. Each tells a story about what’s going on in the atmosphere.

Cloud watching provides lessons in science and creativity. ... —Let them take a sketchpad and pencil outside and draw the types of clouds they see. Use the basic cloud shapes to create other images.

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