Clouds form upon existing particles in the atmosphere and extreme weather events like flooding and snowstorms are related to ...

Friday in D.C. occupied a special spot between May Day and Derby Day, and seemed to rise to the atmospheric occasion. It ...

At these heights, the atmosphere is cold enough that clouds are typically composed of ice crystals, not water droplets. These clouds often look thin, wispy, and delicate—but they can provide valuable ...

Cloud seeding involves introducing chemicals, typically silver iodide, into the atmosphere to enhance precipitation by ...

A fishing boat customized into a floating laboratory, the John LeConte is an iconic fixture on Lake Tahoe, shuttling UC Davis ...

Brushy Creek has one, and it’s spectacular. This massive park is like the Swiss Army knife of outdoor recreation. The lake ...

Staunton State Park is Colorado’s newest state park, but it feels ancient and timeless. Massive granite cliffs rise ...

Large hailstones made of ammonia may explain why the gas is missing from large pockets of Jupiter's atmosphere.

It’s the cold cloud with freezing precipitation that dominates our weather for most of the year on the Canadian Prairies.

Hail up to ping pong ball size was reported in northwest Chatham County, with quarter-sized hail popping up in Durham and ...

The weather gets a little wild and weird on Jupiter. How wild? Spacecraft instruments have measured strong winds, tracked ...

The moistest, most buoyant air rises the highest, while drier less buoyant air doesn’t make it so far up. If there is lots of ...