while rain clouds are usually a darker shade of gray. But why are rain clouds so dark? Let's start by discussing how clouds form. The air around you is full of water in its gaseous form ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — When there are dark clouds on the ... An example of a gray cloud is a nimbostratus cloud. A nimbostratus cloud is a type of rain cloud. Since it’s a rain cloud ...

they stop a lot of light and the cloud looks very dark and grey. When enough drops stick together, they become big enough to fall to the ground as drops of rain. Only clouds that are tall with big ...

LAUREN SOMMER, BYLINE: The sky over the Pacific Ocean is looking pretty ominous - big dark gray clouds in the distance. I think it feels like rain. KIM PRATHER: It's coming in. I think it's the front.

This is why clouds are white. But just before clouds are going to rain, the water droplets are swollen. They coalesce to form larger droplets, of a few millimetres or more each. These droplets ...