Gravity wave clouds form in wave-like patterns in sky, oftentimes resembling ripples in a body of water from a rock being thrown. These types of clouds are created from air in the atmosphere ...

The patchy high clouds out ahead of the front will be replaced later this evening by a round of thicker clouds as the thunderstorms pass overhead. There is some risk for severe weather with these ...

It seems quite rare." Local meteorologist Jan Null called the clouds captured in Harrison's image "a spectacular example of Kelvin-Helmholtz wave clouds." Indeed, these types of clouds get their ...

When you look at waves in the ocean, there are high parts and low parts to that wave. Clouds need lift to materialize in the atmosphere. The high part of the "wave" features condensation ...

WHIDBEY ISLAND STATION, Wash. — Residents of and near Whidbey Island witnessed a weather phenomenon on Tuesday as "wave clouds" lined the horizon. Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds or fluctus clouds ...

This causes the cloud to take on a beautiful wave-like appearance. Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds over Montreal, Que., on Dec. 2, 2024 - Sebast Poulin/UGC The process is actually called Kelvin-Helmholtz ...

This is a wave or a gravity wave cloud. These clouds are actually pretty common, but you need to be in the right place at the right time to see them! Our mountains can enhance these clouds thanks ...

These aren't your everyday fluffy cumulus clouds or storm clouds. These are gravity wave clouds -- a fascinating weather phenomenon that can form under specific conditions. Let's raise your ...