They look dramatic, sometimes otherworldly, but the appearance is often more menacing than the reality. Shelf clouds can ...

A casual weather observer can make a general forecast just by looking up at the clouds. The types of formations can offer ...

Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Viewers in Bentonville, Orange Grove, Portland, and even Padre Island were reporting the could see "orange in the sky" and a large plume of what they thought looked like smoke.

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 ...