The Basic Building Blocks Every Cloud Needs Clouds need two essential ingredients to form, and both must be present ...

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 ...

Answer: Clouds form when sufficiently moist air is cooled to the dew point temperature of the air or below, so that either liquid water droplets form on cloud condensation nuclei, or in the case of ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — Have you seen clouds that look like something from another world? No, it's not aliens or UFOs, there is a scientific explanation for these cloud formations that look like flying saucers.

Ever looked up at the clouds and wondered where they came from? That's exactly what atmospheric researcher Lubna Dada studies at the Paul Scherrer Institute. She is part of an international project ...

This week's question comes from Regina, who asks about one of the basic elements of our weather, "Why do clouds form?" Meteorologist Rob Shackelford: This might sound like a weird analogy, but I need ...

Image by: Michael Samadani, in Baytown from Sunday's storms. Sent using Click2Pins (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) They look intense ...

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 ...

The first report of this unusual cloud appeared in Weather magazine in 1948, in an article titled “Man-Made Cirrus?” The ...