What's the difference between a nimbostratus and an altocumulus cloud? What about a horseshoe vortex or a contrail? This is what Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Author and Visiting Fellow at The Department of ...

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 ...

Asperitus? Flammagenitus? Fluctus? These are three of the nearly dozen new cloud types added to the WMO Cloud Atlas. The International Cloud Atlas, a guide that every meteorologist or skywatcher in ...

From towering thunderheads to delicate cirrus streaks, every cloud tells a story. This is your sky decoded. Pete Hegseth responds to Pentagon pizza tracker question Reporter breaks down Sean 'Diddy' ...

Understanding how to identify distinct types of thunderstorm clouds can give you a significant advantage in preparing for severe weather season in Texas. Even observing how the wind behaves ahead of a ...