As the updraft goes higher and begins to cool, it slows, and high-altitude winds flatten the storm tower out, creating a wide table of cloud called the anvil. The direction an anvil spreads is usually ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX postponed the 10th launch of its Starship on Monday, Aug. 25, due to inclement weather that prevented the rocket from taking off at the Starbase in Texas. An anvil cloud, an ...

HOUSTON — Anvil clouds can often look like an alien spacecraft trying to land, We’ve had emails suggesting there is a UFO in the sky and immediately when I see the picture, it’s an anvil cloud. What ...

Thunderstorms form due to rapidly rising air. At the top of the storm, the air diverges, which is why you get that anvil shape in some of the more intense cells. Mature stage of a thunderstorm Within ...