Contrails in the blue sky remind us of daily air traffic—and its impact on the climate. However, the effect of contrails on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists say cloud seeding can boost snowpack by up to 12% during storms that already form naturally, a small change that ...

This week's question comes from Regina, who asks about one of the basic elements of our weather, "Why do clouds form?" Meteorologist Rob Shackelford: This might sound like a weird analogy, but I need ...

Ever looked up at the clouds and wondered where they came from? That's exactly what atmospheric researcher Lubna Dada studies at the Paul Scherrer Institute. She is part of an international project ...

Spectacular footage was captured on Wednesday, Aug. 24, that showed a unique cloud flowing over the famous Rock of Gibraltar. The video was shared by the Gibraltar Met Office, a branch of the UK Met ...

MT. HOOD MEADOWS, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon’s latest cold front and strong winds helped simultaneously form a cap cloud and lenticular cloud over the peak of Mt. Hood on Tuesday. A time-lapse view of these ...

Experts confirm that a cloud seeding operation in Carnes County on July 2 could not have caused the devastating Kerr County floods days later. The catastrophic flooding was instead caused by remnants ...

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 ...