The 10 basic cloud types are classified by height (high, mid, low) and predict different weather patterns. Cloud names incorporate roots like cirro, strato, cumulo, nimbo, or alto, based on their ...

A new ERC synergy grant provides funding to investigate the role of turbulence in the physics of stratocumulus clouds and ...

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 ...

The way clusters of differently sized water droplet populations are distributed within clouds affects larger-scale cloud ...

Weather forecasting can often seem as arcane as gazing into a crystal ball, but the skill lies in analyzing current conditions, identifying weather patterns and applying climatology to produce a ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – We took one week off, but we are back in action for this week’s “Weather Wednesday” and it’s inspired by both our Cody Mitchell and Richie Cruz who recently asked about clouds so ...

The atmosphere is full of tiny particles floating invisible to the naked eye, yet these microscopic specks wield ...

Only one side of a silver crystal has the right structure to trigger ice formation, revealing how these particles help clouds ...

Earth is reflecting less sunlight, and absorbing more heat, than it did several decades ago. Global warming is advancing ...

Explore cloud seeding: how it modifies weather to enhance precipitation, its methods, benefits, and environmental concerns.