Saturday evening delivered one of the year’s most magnificent sunsets in the D.C. area. A gorgeous canopy of textured clouds was illuminated as the sun sank toward the horizon, and the sky ...

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 ...

Whether you’re looking for eclipses, auroras, or shooting stars, clouds play a starring role in these memorable celestial events. Whether you’re looking for eclipses, ...

Saturday evening delivered one of the year’s most magnificent sunsets in the D.C. area. A gorgeous canopy of textured clouds was illuminated as the sun sank toward the horizon, and the sky ...

The cloud formation, the fisherman claims, ... that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds. ... and it shows the craft like in the middle of it and just this big purple energy," he said.

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 ...

According to WRAL meteorologist Aimee Wilmoth, these clouds that resemble jellyfish are patchy altocumulus clouds with virga (rain that evaporates before it reaches the ground) at the bottom of ...

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 ...

So, when you put both the virga and altocumulus clouds together, it looks like little jellyfish floating over the skies of Portland. Remember to send your weather photos to us at [email protected].

Altocumulus clouds are composed of water droplets that, in cooler environments, become super cooled. That is, they remain in a liquid state at temperatures below the freezing point of water.

A fallstreak hole occurs when a layer of mid-level clouds, like altocumulus clouds, gets disturbed by either warmer pockets of air beneath the cloud, or an object punching through them, like an ...