10. Fractus. As their name implies, fractus clouds are stratus and cumulus clouds that have ragged, irregular shreds. These clouds have often broken away from another, larger cloud. 11.

Weather officials say different types of clouds can tell you what kind of weather to expect. Here's a look at the different types.

The technical name for these clouds is stratus fractus, but most meteorologists call them "scud." A scud cloud forms when the air beneath the cloud has become saturated, causing these little cloud ...

or almost a curtain of cloud, and are called fractus. All of this is illustrated in both of the images, but is most neatly displayed in the second shot. You can clearly see the fractus clouds just ...

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They are low-level clouds. This cloud predicts fair weather in the near-future, but a storm might be developing. Stratus: A gray cloud layer with a uniform base which may, if thick enough ...