Question

What are three principle types of clouds and what do their name mean?describe each type of cloud.​

Answer 1

Stratus – "a cloud forming a continuous horizontal gray sheet, often with rain or snow."

Nimbostratus – "a type of cloud forming a thick uniform gray layer at low altitude, from which rain or snow often falls"

Cumulus – " a cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base at fairly low altitude."