They’re a weird sight to see in the sky... if you’re lucky enough to see them. This week, it’s a brief primer on “Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds” or “KH clouds” or “fluctus clouds,” lots of names for the ...

Clouds have many names. There are the most popular cumulus, cirrus and stratus clouds. Then, there are more obscure cloud names like Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds. Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds are also rare, but ...

A woman in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, saw a strange, wavy cloud in the sky on Feb. 22, 2025, and took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to crowdsource an answer. "Does anyone know what is happening here ...

Sea waves break as their bases are slowed down upon reaching shallow water and their crests surge ahead. Cloud waves break in the same way. The difference in air currents, or shear, will cause the ...

A curious cloud photographed over Smith Mountain in Virginia this week looks more like something out of a fairytale or painting than it does in real life — and the science behind the formation is ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Surf's up -- but we’re not talking about water. Think breaking waves in the sky. Recently, Linda Schuff shared a photo with us through Chime In of a unique and puzzling cloud ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - There are many unique cloud formations across our planet, but one that stands out is a Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud. Kelvin-Helmholtz waves are “vertical waves in the air associated ...

Clouds resembling breaking waves in the ocean are unusual and beautiful, and they've occurred on at least two occasions in recent months in Pacifica, less than 10 miles south of San Francisco, ...

ANTOINETTE: DID YOU SEE SOME INTERESTING CLOUDS IN THE SKY YESTERDAY? THEN HE US THIS PHOTO. -- VINNY SENDING US THIS PHOTO. >> THEY LOOK LIKE OCEAN WAVES. CIY: THEY ARE BASICALLY NAMED AFTER THE TWO ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

The inter-workings of different cloud types have always been fascinating to me. The thermodynamics processes going on in the atmosphere can create a wispy cirrus cloud, or a happy cumulus cloud, or a ...