Clouds need two essential ingredients to form, and both must be present simultaneously for the process to begin. There are two ingredients needed for clouds to form: water and nuclei. The first ...

Have you ever looked up at the clouds in the sky and wondered how they form? Understanding cloud formation is really important for studying weather patterns and making accurate forecasts. Those clouds ...

Scientists are discovering that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways — driving heavy, deadly rainfall and ...

Answer: Clouds form when sufficiently moist air is cooled to the dew point temperature of the air or below, so that either liquid water droplets form on cloud condensation nuclei, or in the case of ...

I’m a meteorologist, and I’ve been fascinated by weather since I was 8 years old. I grew up in Minnesota, where the weather changes from wind-whipping blizzards in winter to severe thunderstorms – ...

Ever looked up at the clouds and wondered where they came from? That's exactly what atmospheric researcher Lubna Dada studies at the Paul Scherrer Institute. She is part of an international project ...

This week's question comes from Regina, who asks about one of the basic elements of our weather, "Why do clouds form?" Meteorologist Rob Shackelford: This might sound like a weird analogy, but I need ...

Image by: Michael Samadani, in Baytown from Sunday's storms. Sent using Click2Pins (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) They look intense ...

Brenda wants to know exactly how clouds form. Different types of clouds form in different ways but they must all have air rising to cool and condense water vapor into tiny water droplets or ice ...

An incredible photo was captured in southern Indiana of cloud iridescence. This photo was submitted by Bobbi Bledsoe, from French Lick, captured on Mother's Day.WLKY Chief Meteorologist Jay Cardosi ...

Thundersnow is possible, but it is pretty rare. The reason has to do with the conditions needed for lightning to form in a ...