A 2015 satellite photo captured a series of stunning "von Kármán vortices" swirling off Madeira and the Canary Islands. The ...

Unlike typical tornadoes, these rotations start at the ground and move up toward the cloud base. Since these rotations are not supported by broader rotation in the storm cloud, they are typically very ...

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

Until now, tornadic wind speeds near the ground have been difficult to measure. A new project called OTUS sends drones into ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

Mammatus clouds typically form beneath the anvil of a cumulonimbus cloud. And unlike most other clouds, which develop as a ...

Have you ever felt the air shift and suddenly wondered, “Is a storm brewing overhead?” You’re not alone. The sky has a language all its ... Read more The post How to Tell If Clouds Are Building into a ...