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.