Even on quiet nights out for dinner with my wife, weather geekdom can find its way to the surface. Friday was one of those evenings. The Italian restaurant was packed so I dropped my wife off to get ...

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Known for their anvil-shaped tops, these threatening-looking clouds often produce heavy rain, thunder and lightning Clouds are essentially a collection of tiny droplets of water or ice crystals in the ...

To many, clouds are merely part of the backdrop in a typical day. We take notice when the sky is devoid of clouds, or full of dark, menacing ones. But to the trained eye, all clouds betray a wealth of ...

Meteorologist Philippa Drew takes a closer look at one of her favourite clouds and shares some of your dramatic pictures… I love seeing cumulonimbus clouds, not only because they are an impressive ...

Rare footage of a "dancing" cumulonimbus cloud was recently proved authentic after scientists discovered ice crystals' electrical currents were responsible for the clouds rapid movements. Above: A ...

Cumulonimbus: The thunderhead, the dense and vertically-developed cloud which produces thunderstorms. The top is often anvil-shaped and flat. The cloud can bring heavy showers, hail, lightning and ...