A colossal and unusually symmetric cloud ring was captured by NASA’s Terra satellite hovering alone in the central Pacific ...

Those are the clouds that look like cotton balls on nice days and are called "fair weather cumulus" clouds. Cumulus clouds are individual clouds. That means you usually see separate clouds when ...

It has been a quiet and warm day on the Gulf Coast. A few clouds will settle in tonight. A few passing cumulus clouds are ...

The fluffy ring is made up of cumulus clouds that have been sculpted into ... satellite — the first full-scale weather satellite ever launched into space. Before then, the intricate patterns ...

How are clouds’ shapes made? A scientist explains the different cloud types and how they help forecast the weather. Just4Kids.

I’m a meteorologist, and I’ve been fascinated by weather since I was eight years old. I grew up in Minnesota, where the weather changes from wind-whipping blizzards in winter to severe ...

Often, these are fair-weather clouds that form when the Sun ... and the atmosphere above is much colder, cumulus clouds can rapidly grow vertically into cumulonimbus. When the edges of these ...

Various cloud types form due to a variety of meteorological and atmospheric conditions. Even though an innocent-looking cumulus cloud may look as light as a cotton ball, it can be heavier than you ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ross Lazear, University at Albany, State University of New York (THE CONVERSATION ...