Take a look at the sky on any given day and you’ll likely see clouds of different shapes — some look like cotton balls, ...

Mammatus cloud: A drooping cumulonimbus cloud in its latter stage of development (has a pouch-like appearance). These clouds are often are seen hanging from the anvil of a severe thunderstorm, but ...

A cumulonimbus cloud over eastern Georgia photographed on August 9th, 2024. Marshall Shepherd. Even on quiet nights out for dinner with my wife, weather geekdom can find its way to the surface.

Cirrostratus clouds have a veil-like appearance that is nearly transparent. This can create a halo effect as the sun or moon shines through the ice crystals. Cumulonimbus ...

When cumulonimbus clouds grow high enough into the atmosphere, the temperature becomes cold enough for ice clouds, or cirrus, to form. Clouds made up entirely of ice are usually more transparent.

The 55-year-old man had found himself trapped inside a cumulonimbus cloud system, in a phenomenon described as "cloud suck", where strong updraft currents carry paragliders to dramatically high ...

Puffy, wispy, white and gray, we’ve seen them all this spring. Clouds come in a variety of types, and each type comes with ...

Mammatus cloud: A drooping cumulonimbus cloud in its latter stage of development (has a pouch-like appearance). These clouds are often are seen hanging from the anvil of a severe thunderstorm, but ...

When the anvil of a cumulonimbus cloud starts to spread out, that’s when mammatus clouds can form. As these clouds spread out, they allow warm air to move upwards into the bottom of the cloud.

NORFOLK, Va. — Technically called “cumulonimbus flammagenitus,” pyrocumulonimbus clouds are a rare weather phenomenon caused by intense heat. These towering clouds form when extreme heat ...

Mammatus cloud: A drooping cumulonimbus cloud in its latter stage of development (has a pouch-like appearance). These clouds are often are seen hanging from the anvil of a severe thunderstorm, but ...