Altocumulus clouds act as a visual cue for a changing weather pattern. These are the types of clouds that appear ahead of a strong cold front and are a common sight. They indicate the presence of a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Several KATU viewers sent us photos of clouds that looked like jellyfish slowly moving across the sky this morning. These clouds are called altocumulus floccus clouds. The ...

When's the last time you went cloud-gazing? Sinking, rising, spreading, changing—there’s always something exciting happening to the clouds overhead. The big puffy ones—what are they called? And the ...

Altocumulus clouds are "mid-level clouds composed primarily of water droplets," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These groups of fleecy clouds share some ...

At medium altitudes ranging from 6,000 feet to 20,000 feet above mean sea level, water droplets in altocumulus clouds can remain in a supercooled liquid phase that cannot be reasonably resolved in ...

Now this is a cloud. Altocumulus floccus with virga also known as 'jellyticularus'. OK, we made up that last bit, but it really is sometimes known as a jellyfish cloud! Altocumulus is a ...

If you looked up earlier Monday morning you may have seen some odd-looking clouds in eastern Iowa. These clouds seemed to look like a bunch of jellyfish in the sky. However, these cool-looking clouds ...

Some people say they look like fingerprints, others like ripples on water or the patterns left on sandflats when the water has retreated. Either way, they are one of Mother Nature’s more picturesque ...

What caused the mysterious spaceship-like cloud that loomed over Melbourne as dawn broke on Tuesday morning? Video producer Sue Roberts was quick to get her camera out when she saw the strange ...