Howard is the reason we have cumulus (meaning "heap"), stratus ("layer"), cirrus ("curl") and many other cloud names. His ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – We took one week off, but we are back in action for this week’s “Weather Wednesday” and it’s inspired by both our Cody Mitchell and Richie Cruz who recently asked about clouds so ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has made official several new types of clouds. It is not that these clouds are new; they are just a little less common and had not received a page in the ...

Weather forecasting can often seem as arcane as gazing into a crystal ball, but the skill lies in analyzing current conditions, identifying weather patterns and applying climatology to produce a ...

Viewers across Florida’s east coast have been asking about the strange glowing clouds that appeared in the sky just before ...

September 12, 2025, is Cloud Appreciation Day, according to the Cloud Appreciation Society. Its website encourages everyone to, “Look up to appreciate the beauty of the clouds.” As I child, that’s ...

Having hailed from the largely arid region of Rajasthan, India, Purohit was drawn to the science of precipitation and cloud ...