Many of our viewers have captured pictures of rainbow clouds and this is actually called cloud iridescence. Meteorologist ...

Some Coloradans have noticed rainbow clouds over the past few days? This is actually a rare phenomenon called "cloud ...

Mackerel skies: a sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds that resemble the scales of a mackerel fish.

These root names can be combined to describe more complex cloud types—like cirrocumulus. The prefix “alto” (meaning “high”) helps distinguish mid-level clouds from their lower-level ...

Cirrocumulus: Thin, white clouds that also appear like a patchy sheet or layer, but arranged somewhat-regularly into grains or ripples without shading. They are high-level clouds and are short-lived.

Weather officials say different types of clouds can tell you what kind of weather to expect. Here's a look at the different types.

Residents in Virginia Beach were witness to the appearance of a ‘fallstreak hole’ in the clouds Tuesday afternoon.

UFO -shaped cloud displays have appeared over the sky in a rare sight for parts of the UK. Several UFO sightings over northern skies in the UK have previously been explained by these cloud formations.

S ince altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds often cover a wide area, several of these holes may appear on the horizon, especially in busy flight paths.