The Basic Building Blocks Every Cloud Needs Clouds need two essential ingredients to form, and both must be present ...

You wouldn't think that clouds and snow floating around in the sky get help from bacteria near the ground, but those tiny organisms can lend a helping hand in getting clouds to form. First off, let’s ...

Have you ever looked up at the clouds in the sky and wondered how they form? Understanding cloud formation is really important for studying weather patterns and making accurate forecasts. Those clouds ...

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

Answer: Clouds form when sufficiently moist air is cooled to the dew point temperature of the air or below, so that either liquid water droplets form on cloud condensation nuclei, or in the case of ...

Did you see it in your neighborhood? Viewers grabbed their phones when storms blew through northwest Harris County on Monday.

These visually striking clouds have been described to appear as lenses, upside-dinner plates, stacks of pancakes, almonds, or ...

A consistent wind regenerates clouds over the same spot in the atmosphere, making the stationary lenticular clouds appear ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered, “What kind of clouds are those?” Sometimes, they look like little fluffy blobs; other times, they tower like skyscrapers, ...

When militia attacks disrupted shipping lanes in the Red Sea, few imagined the ripple effects would reach the clouds over the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The beautiful Chamaeleon I star-forming region as seen by the DECam instrument mounted on the ...