How do harmless puffy white clouds grow into towering, potentially dangerous cumulonimbus thunderstorms? On their surface, clouds appear to be an odd contradiction of nature — light enough to float on ...

Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...

More than 100,000 thunderstorms hit the United States annually, but did you know there are different types? Let's step into a little meteorology 101 and take a look at a few of the ones you might hear ...

Severe weather season in Texas has arrived and San Antonio is bracing for a couple of stormy days on the horizon this week. Knowing how thunderstorms develop and identifying cloud formations can help ...

Looking up at the sky might seem like a simple pastime, but for those who know what to watch for, clouds tell stories that could save your life. Most of us walk around barely noticing the atmosphere ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works ...

With Michigan's changeable weather, residents get to see a lot of different cloud formations — fluffy cumulus, wispy cirrus and dark, threatening cumulonimbus — and recognizing what weather each type ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Cloud formations are a key indicator of atmospheric conditions, and flat clouds with fluffy tops are especially telling. Clouds of this structure are cumulus clouds, and ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the US have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather. Xweather operates ...

A low pressure system that brushed past the Bay Area is now headed toward Southern California, bringing threats of thunder, dry lightning and fire. The National Weather Service projects showers and ...

Texas has a long and storied history with tornadoes and they have been a part of the fabric of life for people living in the Central and Great Plains. Despite the familiarity the Lone Star State has ...