According to NOAA, there are 10 basic cloud types, though there are other formations like a wall clouds, shelf clouds or even contrails created by planes. Here are the 10 basic clouds with ...

The three main types of clouds are: cirrus, cumulus and stratus. “Cirrus clouds are high, thin clouds made up of ice crystals,” according to the Britannica website.

Fluffy, gloomy, wispy or threatening, clouds put on an ever-changing pageant, right above our heads.