Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Bizarre, beautiful clouds—known as mother-of-pearl clouds because they resemble the inside of a pearl oyster shell—have ...

WRAL viewers submitted photos of beautiful clouds they saw in the sky before Wednesday night's storms. WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said they're actually quite common. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lenticular clouds, like this one over a mountain in Chile, can look like flying saucers. Bilderbuch/Design Pics ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A powerful line of storms moved through yesterday morning bringing with it damaging winds, heavy rain, and even the threat of hail. All across the state from western Michigan ...

The age of the noctilucent cloud is upon us. Night-shining clouds are historically rare, beautiful formations of shimmering ice crystals hanging in the upper atmosphere that were only visible in the ...

I’m a meteorologist, and I’ve been fascinated by weather since I was 8 years old. I grew up in Minnesota, where the weather changes from wind-whipping blizzards in winter to severe thunderstorms – ...

"It's a beautiful cloud but not unusual," she said. "It's a nearly textbook cumulonimbus, or thunderstorm cloud." According to Gardner, "A front helped create a line of storms across the central part ...

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