Professional pyrotechnicians and event planners have to consider a variety of factors when putting on fireworks displays. One ...

Have you ever looked up at the sky and been struck speechless by a cloud so strange it seemed like a message from another ...

NO clouds can’t "fall" in the classic sense. They’re made of water droplets so small and light that they float on rising air ...

Emergency medical services were dispatched around 5:55 a.m. to Air Base Parkway between Clay Bank Road and Dover Avenue.

Puffy, wispy, white and gray, we’ve seen them all this spring. Clouds come in a variety of types, and each type comes with ...

To understand how clouds get their shape, it helps to understand the basics of how they form. When air rises and cools, the water vapor it holds condenses into tiny water droplets or ice crystals. If ...

Stratus: A gray cloud layer with a uniform base which may, if thick enough, produce drizzle, ice prisms, or snow grains. When the sun is visible through this cloud, its outline is clearly discernible.

Cloud names incorporate roots like cirro, strato, cumulo, nimbo, or alto, based on their height and texture. Sunburns are possible on cloudy days as over 90% of UV radiation can penetrate cloud cover.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Have you ever looked up at the sky and noticed how different the clouds can be from one day to the next? Clouds are actually powerful indicators of what’s happening in our ...