This book introduces us to various members of the cloud family, tells us how to recognize among them the harbingers of both good and troubled weather, shares extensive information about the significance of cloudiness for world literature, art and natural history, introduces us to the details of personal and social life clouds. "Entertaining cloud science" is a policy document of the Society of Cloud Lovers, an international public organization uniting thousands of lyricists, dreamers, poets, photographers, artists and amateur meteorologists around the world.