A cumulonimbus cloud over eastern Georgia photographed on August 9th, 2024. Marshall Shepherd. Even on quiet nights out for dinner with my wife, weather geekdom can find its way to the surface.

Have you ever felt the air shift and suddenly wondered, “Is a storm brewing overhead?” You’re not alone. The sky has a language all its ... Read more The post How to Tell If Clouds Are Building into a ...

To understand how clouds get their shape, it helps to understand the basics of how they form. When air rises and cools, the ...

Mammatus clouds typically form beneath the anvil of a cumulonimbus cloud. And unlike most other clouds, which develop as a ...

Cumulonimbus clouds shoot up through the atmosphere, creating a tower known as an anvil - a clear sign thunderstorms are in the forecast. Think You’re Already A Cloud Pro?

How does a cloud stay cool under direct sunlight—or seem to vanish in infrared? In nature, phenomena like white cumulus ...

When the anvil of a cumulonimbus cloud starts to spread out, that’s when mammatus clouds can form. As these clouds spread out, they allow warm air to move upwards into the bottom of the cloud.

Mammatus cloud: A drooping cumulonimbus cloud in its latter stage of development (has a pouch-like appearance). These clouds are often are seen hanging from the anvil of a severe thunderstorm, but ...

Mammatus clouds form under the anvil of cumulonimbus clouds as air descends out of the anvil either in advance of or after a thunderstorm has gone by. In this case on Tuesday October 23, 2018, the ...

That cloud is popularly known as an anvil cloud, because of its shape. The technical name for this type of cloud is cumulonimbus incus. It is often associated with lightning and heavy rain or hail.

In tropical and subtropical areas, cumulonimbus incus clouds can attain altitudes twice the height of Mount Everest. The anvil cloud was spotted by residents as far as Katy, Conroe, Pasadena, and ...