Clouds get their shapes by the air that surrounds them. We have all experienced those days when the clouds seem like a blanket covering the sky. Just a solid grey, flat cloud hovering in the sky.

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 ...

With the overcast weather we have been experiencing lately, it is no secret that clouds have dominated our skies. But what kinds of clouds are these blankets that continuously keep our sky gray? And ...

Question: What is the difference between a cloud higher or lower in the sky? What are stratus and cirrus clouds? — Jayden Wilkins Answer: Stratus clouds are smooth clouds that usually occur in the ...

Puffy, wispy, white and gray, we’ve seen them all this spring. Clouds come in a variety of types, and each type comes with critical information about incoming weather patterns. If you’re a local hiker ...

We stare at clouds all the time, whether trying to figure out what they look like or if they're bringing rain. Yet most of us know very little about clouds, let alone how to identify them. The World ...

Clouds form when the air temperature cools to the dew-point temperature for the air mass. When this happens, water droplets form and appear in the sky. We call this group of droplets in the sky a ...

Cloud cover, one of the biggest regulators of Earth’s climate, is easier to affect than previously thought. A new analysis of cloud measurements from outside the coast of California, combined with ...

A ridge of high pressure is hanging around the Northern Rockies at the moment and will remain over the coming days. This will help maintain stable conditions. Lows tonight will fall into the low teens ...

If there is anything I’ve learned over the years of forecasting, it’s been to never doubt a wind coming in off Lake Michigan ...