Cloud Weight It might seem surprising, but the average cumulus cloud, those cotton-like clouds you see on fair weather days, ...

With the wildfires continuing to burn in California, you may have seen claims that wildfires can create their own weather. It’s true!

This cloud appears to be a hybrid formation, blending some characteristics of towering cumulus clouds with laminar, wave-like features typically seen in mountain wave clouds.

Thunderstorms occur when warm, moist air rises and condenses in cooler, dryer air above it, forming towering cumulus clouds. Inside these clouds is a combination of light ice crystals, which float ...