the sight of a shelf cloud is a clear sign to seek shelter and prepare for the storm's arrival. Pileus clouds are the delicate caps that adorn the tops of cumulus or cumulonimbus clouds ...

This edition of Weather Tidbits is going to be discussing pyrocumulonimbus clouds. Pyrocumulonimbus clouds are thunderclouds that are created from intense heating of the Earth’s surface. The process ...

What makes this timelapse so striking is the wedge of cloud forming beneath the main cumulonimbus - known as a 'shelf' or 'Arcus' cloud. The presence of this cloud further indicates the severity ...