CHICAGO (WLS) -- All clouds are made up of basically the same thing: water droplets or ice crystals that float in the sky. Cloud types are classified by appearance and location in the sky. High clouds ...

When's the last time you went cloud-gazing? Sinking, rising, spreading, changing—there’s always something exciting happening to the clouds overhead. The big puffy ones—what are they called? And the ...

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 ...

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 formation of wispy cirrus clouds is not a simple matter. New research is revealing more about the conditions needed to generate these high-altitude ice clouds and illustrates new ways that ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Earlier this summer we had a WATE viewer who wanted to know what some of these clouds are about. These clouds look different in all levels of the atmosphere. She let me know ...

The radiative climate and environmental effects of cirrus clouds is an international cutting-edge field of scientific research in the atmospheric sciences. Understanding how the characteristics of ...

Ethereal they may look but cirrus clouds have heavy hearts. The clouds are made from ice crystals grown around tiny particles of metals and minerals. Clouds of all types form when the atmospheric ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of The Dallas Morning News’ coverage of the 2024 total solar eclipse. For more, visit dallasnews.com/eclipse. With less than a ...

Did you know that certain kinds of clouds can help predict the weather? I love answering questions about weather and science, and I got a great question from Brent. He saw some strange looking clouds ...