Foreword
The nature and naming of clouds
How clouds form
Cumulus family
1 Fair weather cumulus
2 Medium cumulus
3 Towering cumulus
4 Fire cloud
5 Cumulonimbus
6 Anvil cloud
7 Mammatus
Stratus family
8 Featureless stratus
9 Nimbostratus
Altocumulus family
10 Mackerel sky
11 Lens and pancake clouds
12 Castles in the sky
Altostratus family
Cirrus family
13 Fibrous cirrus
14 Mares’ tails
15 Wave clouds
Cirrocumulus family
16 Grains-of-rice sky
Cirrostratus family
17 Nebulosus and fibrous cirrostratus
18 Mother-of-pearl clouds
19 Noctilucent clouds
Optical phenomena
Rainbows
Coronas and rainbow fringes
Ice crystal light shows
Haloes
Arcs
Sun dogs and sun pillars
Acknowledgements
Picture Credits
