On Mar 3, 2:20*pm, " wrote:

When I googled the topic, it talked mainly of stratiform clouds, and
that layer being less dense below the cloud deck, which I already
understand the higher you go, the less dense the air. *This is
probably where I got my initial impressions that the air in clouds is
less dense.

Allen

To clarify, the above should say MORE dense below the stratiform cloud
deck!

Allen