Holy Moly, Clouds With Holes in Them? They're called "fallstreak holes," and they occur when parts of a cloud suddenly fall away toward the surface. ImaGeo. By Tom Yulsman. Feb 26, 2021 9:40 PM Feb 26 ...

We stare at clouds all the time, whether trying to figure out what they look like or if they're bringing rain. Yet most of us know very little about clouds, let alone how to identify them.

Most clouds are classified by their shape and how high their base is off the ground - low, medium or high. The lowest clouds fall into two major categories: cumulus and stratus. Cumulus are more ...

When clouds form thick layers, we add the word “stratus”, or “layer”, to the name. Stratus can occur just above the ground, or a bit higher up – we call it altostratus then.

The cloudscape threw us a curveball on June 20 when donut-shaped clouds wafted over the Inland Northwest. The unusual display prompted citizen observers to snap photographs and the Spokane office ...