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 ...

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.