September 12, 2025, is Cloud Appreciation Day, according to the Cloud Appreciation Society. Its website encourages everyone to, “Look up to appreciate the beauty of the clouds.” As I child, that’s ...

In the wake of the horrific Texas floods, there is a lot of discussion about cloud seeding. While it certainly did not cause those floods, talk about cloud seeding has flowed out of the fringes into ...

Looking up at the sky might seem like a simple pastime, but for those who know what to watch for, clouds tell stories that could save your life. Most of us walk around barely noticing the atmosphere ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a cloud! With mostly cloudy skies over the next several days, it’s a good time to spot some clouds! In meteorology, the types of clouds we see ...

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 ...

PHILIPSBURG, Mont. — When you have looked into western Montana's skies in the past, you may have noticed a fascinating object over the mountains. They commonly look like a stack of plates or even an ...

Clouds are important for Earth's energy balance because they interact with radiation in different ways. On one hand, low clouds reflect incoming solar radiation and thus cool Earth through a property ...

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 ...

View of the main building of TROPOS in Leipzig, Germany, with 3 lidar beams in the background. The beam in the middle corresponds to the one of the lidar which is now in Invercargill while it was ...

After seven twisters were confirmed in Alberta earlier this week, the funnel cloud and landspout chances continue on ...