With Michigan's changeable weather, residents get to see a lot of different cloud formations — fluffy cumulus, wispy cirrus and dark, threatening cumulonimbus — and recognizing what weather each type ...
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — During the warmer months, we tend to see more explosive thunderstorms that produce hail, tornadoes, and gusty winds. There are three main stages of a thunderstorm: the ...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A waterspout is a cyclonically rotating column of air attached to a thunderstorm or a towering cumulus and in contact with the water below, be it a lake or ocean. Waterspouts come ...
A severe thunderstorm watch means conditions are capable of producing severe weather, while a warning means a severe thunderstorm is occurring or imminent. A tornado watch means conditions are ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - On beautiful days full of sunshine, sometimes some puffy clouds develop that look like cotton balls. These "fair weather cumuli" form because of certain atmospheric conditions. You ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Just because something floats doesn’t mean it is weightless. A great example is when oil is poured onto water. The oil will float on top of the water, but that doesn’t ...
How do harmless puffy white clouds grow into towering, potentially dangerous cumulonimbus thunderstorms? On their surface, clouds appear to be an odd contradiction of nature — light enough to float on ...
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - During the hot summer months, it may seem like afternoon showers and storms become a daily occurrence. What exactly causes this pattern to restart each morning? There is a ...
NORFOLK, Va. — Spotting a cumulus cloud is pretty easy. The clouds resemble pieces of cotton candy, but why are cumulus clouds fluffy and not flat? To fully understand why, we need to start with the ...
After a few stormy days brought widespread rain and flooding to the Houston area earlier this month, storms recently have been more hit-or-miss. That trend is expected to continue through this weekend ...
Giant hailstones with a diameter as large as 8cm were reported in the Maryborough area, while a total of 204,734 lightning ...