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Cloud of the day: Cirrostratus

When the clouds are thin and nearly opaque, it’s cirrostratus. When it's thicker and lower in the atmosphere, it is an ...
Is it a UFO? Is it a hole in the sky? It's neither — the clouds spotted in the Colorado sky on Wednesday morning are actually ...
The first report of this unusual cloud appeared in Weather magazine in 1948, in an article titled “Man-Made Cirrus?” The ...
65 x 117 x 103 cm. (25.6 x 46.1 x 40.6 in.) ...
Altocumulus castellatus is an indicator of atmospheric instability and a common precursor to thunderstorm development. The example (3.1) below was photographed during mid-morning above the city of ...
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Keep your eyes peeled and your phone handy the next time you fly. In this occasional series we explore the world at 37,000 feet. In this cellphone photo, northern lights dance outside the window while ...
Virginia’s northwest sky glowed red for a few hours on Tuesday night into early Wednesday. Additional auroras visible at our latitude are possible in the next few nights.
Monday brought the earliest accumulating snow in over a decade to several locations in western Virginia, but many others got only flurries or no flakes at all.
"When I think about it, my Starbucks order costs more than a couple of school lunches...we can all do something, even if it's small" ...