The 10 basic cloud types are classified by height (high, mid, low) and predict different weather patterns. Cloud names incorporate roots like cirro, strato, cumulo, nimbo, or alto, based on their ...

Image by: Michael Samadani, in Baytown from Sunday's storms. Sent using Click2Pins (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) They look intense ...

With Michigan's changeable weather, residents get to see a lot of different cloud formations — fluffy cumulus, wispy cirrus and dark, threatening cumulonimbus — and recognizing what weather each type ...

I’m a meteorologist, and I’ve been fascinated by weather since I was 8 years old. I grew up in Minnesota, where the weather changes from wind-whipping blizzards in winter to severe thunderstorms – ...

If you’ve ever looked up and seen a dark, menacing cloud stretching across the sky like a giant wedge, you’ve likely witnessed a shelf cloud. With their dramatic appearance and imposing presence, they ...

The night sky can host a wide range of spectacular sights like the northern lights, meteor showers and comets, as well as ...

Social media was buzzing with pictures and videos of what many people in the Atlanta area thought was a tornado Tuesday evening. However, I instantly identified it as a “scud cloud” and so did several ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A beautiful and relatively rare sight was captured Wednesday evening over Palm Beach County as a rainbow cloud formed. Cloud iridescence is also called a rainbow cloud or a ...

Clouds affect Earth's weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles could alter these processes. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Multiple fires are burning on the Western Slope, and a weather phenomenon known as fire clouds caused one of the fires to spread across a highway, and it is now among the largest ...