The Man Who Named the Clouds

Cumulus clouds are puffy and white against a blue sky. Cirrus clouds are high, thin, and wispy. Cumulonimbus clouds are storm giants. These Latin names help us classify different cloud types accurately and specifically. Here is the story of the person who coined them: Luke Howard, a man who spent a lot of time looking at the sky and recording his observations in a weather journal. Bibliography. Full-color illustrations.