A few days ago, we received this incredible picture from Ann Connolly showing a pretty cool cloud formation over the Great Sacandaga Lake: Of course she wanted to know… what type of cloud is that?!?

NORFOLK, Va. — Spotting a cumulus cloud is pretty easy. The clouds resemble pieces of cotton candy, but why are cumulus clouds fluffy and not flat? To fully understand why, we need to start with the ...

That white, fluffy cumulus cloud drifting overhead carries roughly 1.1 million pounds of liquid water, a mass equivalent to ...

Meteorologist Ray Petelin joined the KDKA Weather Team in October 2018, but is no stranger to the weather in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. He has been forecasting in Pittsburgh since 2011 and ...

Cumulus clouds are white, puffy clouds that look like pieces of floating cotton and are often called "fair-weather clouds". The base of each cloud it flat and the top has rounded towers. When the top ...

A: Cumulus clouds are the puffy white clouds that look like big patches of cotton in the sky, explains Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. “The word cumulus comes from a Latin word meaning ‘heap ...