Even on quiet nights out for dinner with my wife, weather geekdom can find its way to the surface. Friday was one of those evenings. The Italian restaurant was packed so I dropped my wife off to get ...
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered, “What kind of clouds are those?” Sometimes, they look like little fluffy blobs; other times, they tower like skyscrapers, ...
In the summer months, the skies can fill up with a variety of interesting and unusual cloud formations, especially during stormy weather. Clouds are more than just picturesque features of the sky; ...
Cumulonimbus Clouds, or thunderheads, are most likely to form over San Diego County’s deserts and mountains during the latter part of the summer season, beginning about late July. The clouds appear by ...
Got your head in the clouds? Well, that's exactly where I want you. Clouds are fascinating to watch as they float through the sky. But what is even more intriguing is that their appearance can give ...
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 ...
Cumulonimbus clouds (the clouds that produce thunderstorms) build upward into the atmosphere 30 to 65 thousand feet, sometimes higher. The primary force that drives those clouds to such a great height ...
I’m a meteorologist, and I’ve been fascinated by weather since I was 8 years old. I grew up in Minnesota, where the weather changes from wind-whipping blizzards in winter to severe thunderstorms – ...
The pictures of funnel clouds above and below were tweeted out by the Grand Rapids National Weather Service Thursday afternoon. They said: “Funnel clouds have been observed in Gratiot and Clinton ...
Skygazers near Amarillo, Texas, were treated to the breathtaking sight of a cumulonimbus "mushroom" cloud associated with a thunderstorm southeast of the city Tuesday evening. A cumulonimbus cloud is ...