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take off over a field by the river large puffy clouds over the river One of the reasons my wife and I moved to Boulder was for the 300 days of sunshine each year. In the Midwest where we lived, that is unheard of. It is not unusual to go for two weeks straight under a blanket of grey stratus clouds, covering the sky completely. All the sunny days in Colorado led me to believe I wasn’t going to be able to spend time studying cloud formations, one of my favorite outdoor pastimes. Boy, was I wrong. Clouds: Not All Alike Cumulus clouds, those billowing balls of cotton we generally see in the mornings, are known as fair-weather clouds. They can be found in the lower levels of our atmosphere rising to as high as 6,500 feet. Features of cumulus clouds include rounded tops that increase in size as the day unfolds, and flat bases on the same plane as their neighbors. Stratus is another common cloud type; an indistinguishable grey cloud that covers the sky. They are the lowest of all the cloud types.