July 27, 2005. Chicago, Illinois. The resident complained there were all these clouds but an extreme drought at the same time. Those clouds are a heat transfer system that takes heat from the equator to the Arctic Circle. They don't precipitate. They build and move on. Clouds are a huge absorber of heat manifested in clouds. Think about it. How do clouds form? FROM EVAPORATED WATER. The water is hot when it rises through the troposphere to meet colder air and condensates. THEN it only condensates when there are particulate matter in the air. The water molecules need something to cling to in order to build a water droplet. There is not only hot air surrounding this planet but also high levels of soot.