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 a ...

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 ...

A reader in Moline wants to know about something he's heard referred to as ``UFO clouds.'' It might sound strange, but there is a well-known cloud formation, altocumulus lenticularis (meaning ``high, ...

Photo taken on Oct. 12, 2012 shows altocumulus translucidus clouds in the sky of Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. Altocumulus translucidus clouds scenery appeared in Suzhou on Friday as a cold ...

I awoke to a question from my friend John Dukes about the sky over northern Florida on Saturday evening. Two things that John and I have in common is our membership in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.

The visual effect, known as a lunar corona or ‘crown’, was clearly visible as thin, high-altitude clouds drifted across the ...

One of the best responses I’ve ever had to the simple question “What’s up?” was from my father last year, when he answered, “The sky is up.” And what a beautiful sky it is! Rob Carlmark captured this ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... To most, the skies over Boulder on Wednesday morning may have looked like a strange form of cloud confetti. But the relatively rare type of spotted clouds ...