I give you, the 'hole-punch' or 'fallstreak' cloud. News 8's own Jonathan Fong stumbled upon a Reddit post recently featuring this type of cloud formation and asked about its origins.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — An impressive shelf cloud formation was seen over much of Hampton Roads late on Saturday afternoon. That might have people wondering what exactly causes these visually ...

In order for a cloud to form, water vapor – a gas – needs to turn into water droplets – a liquid. Then, many water droplets need to come together to become a cloud.

Though the formation itself does not produce rainfall, asperitas have been linked to thunderstorms. The likely unstable atmospheric conditions required to form the wave cloud base could also allow ...

The authors of Wednesday’s study found microplastics affect cloud formation, and clouds are of huge importance to the weather we experience. Clouds produce precipitation in the form of rain ...

These measurements would allow us to model the impact of microplastics on cloud formation. Plastic fragments come in many sizes and compositions.

A cloud formation baring eerily resemblance to a flying saucer out of Jordan Peele’s sci-fi film “Nope” shocked California residents this week. Onlookers couldn’t believe what appeared to ...

Iodine from the ocean plays an important role in cloud formation, but too much of it could eat away at the Earth's protective ozone layer.