Even on quiet nights out for dinner with my wife, weather geekdom can find its way to the surface. Friday was one of those evenings. The Italian restaurant was packed so I dropped my wife off to get ...

Cloud shapes arise from how air moves and mixes at different heights. When air rises, it cools. If it cools to its dew point, water vapour condenses into droplets or ice, forming a cloud.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Mother Nature put on a display of convection (rising air) over the mountains, lifting moisture rapidly toward an invisible ceiling in the atmosphere. The event began with a ...

Cumulonimbus clouds (the clouds that produce thunderstorms) build upward into the atmosphere 30 to 65 thousand feet, sometimes higher. The primary force that drives those clouds to such a great height ...

In the summer months, the skies can fill up with a variety of interesting and unusual cloud formations, especially during stormy weather. Clouds are more than just picturesque features of the sky; ...

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 ...

On two days last week, the king of clouds reigned the skies above parts of the Inland Northwest, evoking an eerie beauty and spewing impressive thunderstorms. Cumulonimbus clouds, also known as ...

A storm cloud described by some as a “nuke” cloud drew the attention of hundreds of San Antonians Saturday evening as it poured heavy rain over Atascosa county. Matthew Brady, a meteorologist with the ...

Thundersnow is just a thunderstorm that produces snow instead of rain. This relatively uncommon phenomenon is usually found in mountainous areas, near the Great Lakes, and across communities affected ...

Social media sites exploded with activity on Monday night as locals posted pictures of a mushroom cloud formation visible from most of Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties. Meteorologist Dennis ...

Did you know that there are over 100 different cloud types? Even though there are over 100, these cloud types can be grouped into smaller subtypes basic types depending on their general shape and ...

There is a rather difficult forecast ahead of us for the weekend. A storm system will be developing over the plains by Sunday and it may impact our area with a chance of rain and thunderstorms. There ...