Have you ever wondered how a cloud stays in the sky? In a recent conversation with my friend and colleague Alan Sealls, the AMS President-Elect told me that he pondered this very question, and it ...

Have you ever looked up at the sky and noticed how clouds often form in distinct layers, with some huddled close to the ground while others seem to float high above? The stratification of clouds in ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Clouds are one of the fundamentals of how weather works across the world. From shelf clouds to funnel clouds, each is unique and has scientific explanations as to how it is formed and ...

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The first report of this unusual cloud appeared in Weather magazine in 1948, in an article titled “Man-Made Cirrus?” The ...

Photographers have captured breathtaking photos of "rainbow clouds" shining in the clouds. The multi-colored clouds are known as polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) and look similar to auroras blazing ...

MOLINE, Ill — Perhaps one of the strangest appearing things in the sky you'll ever witness, this unique cloud formation comes in different sizes and shapes. It is, however, usually caused by the same ...