ON THE PICTURE YOU WILL FIND TWO TYPES OF CLOUDS: CUMULUS (CUMULONIMBUS) AND STRATUS.

STRATUS CLOUDS ARE LAYERED WATER - DROPLET CLOUDS THAT FORM IN A GRAY LAYER CLOSE TO THE GROUND. STRATUS CLOUDS USUALLY YIELD NO PRECIPITATION OTHER THAN DRIZZLE, ICE CRYSTALS, STEADY RAIN, OR SNOW GRAINS. THEY RESEMBLE FOG, EXCEPT STRATUS CLOUDS ARE ABOUVE THE GROUND.

CUMULONIMBUS ARE ISOLATED OR ORGANIZED CLUDS MADE UP OF WATER DROPLETS IN LOWER PORTIONS, AND ICE PARTICLES IN UPPER PORTIONS, WITH DARK BASES AND WITH PRECIPITATION FALLING FROM THEM. pRECIPITATION ALWAYS FALLS FROM CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS.