Lenticular Clouds Lenticular clouds, with their distinctive lens shape, often hover over mountain ranges like alien ...

Cloud Weight It might seem surprising, but the average cumulus cloud, those cotton-like clouds you see on fair weather days, can weigh more than a million pounds. Yes, you heard it right! Despite this ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Technically called “cumulonimbus flammagenitus,” pyrocumulonimbus clouds are a rare weather phenomenon caused by intense heat. These towering clouds form when extreme heat ...

Rising warm air with accumulated sea water vapor can generate a series of cumulonimbus clouds. Sea water vapor is key to predicting the formation of bands, but continuous monitoring is difficult.

They form when cumulonimbus clouds develop in succession and create a single long line. For weather buffs, detailed identifiers are three-hour precipitation of a minimum of 80 millimeters that ...

A frozen form of precipitation consisting of individual balls or lumps of ice called hail stones, produced from cumulonimbus or thunderstorm clouds. A bigger hail stone signifies a longer lifespan ...