Cirrus. The word cerus means "cark Cirrus cloods (1) are thin and featherlike Because they are very high in the sky, they are made entirely of ice crystals and air. Cirmus clouds look hazy and delicate. Ustr ally they appear in dry avather, but they often mean that a storm ix on its way Cumulus, Cumulus clouds (2)are the large, puffy clouds that you often see on hot summer afternoons They have flat bottoms and high. domed tops like heads of cauliflower Usually cumulus clouds are bright white and appear during fair weather, but sometimes they become thick, heavy, and dark. Then they are called thunderbeads because of the heavy rain, thunder, and lightning that they bring. Stratus. Stranis clouds (3) are thick layers of clouds that look like a blanket. They are flat and often gray, and they frequently bring drizzling rain or fine snow. They are fairly low clouds. Fog (4) is a stratus cloud that is very close to the earth's surface.
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