The Science Behind the First Day of Fall
The first day of astronomical fall begins today at 10:21AM. If you recall back on September 1st, that was the first day of meteorological...
The Science Behind Cirrus Clouds
Cirrus clouds are the most common high-levels clouds that you often see on a day of fair weather. These are wispy looking clouds, or I...
The Science Behind Cirrostratus Clouds
Cirrostratus clouds are high-level clouds contained entirely of ice crystals. These clouds can be thick, but they are viewed a thin...
The Science Behind Cirrocumulus Clouds
Cirrocumulus clouds are white, upper-level clouds that are a combination of cirrus and altocumulus clouds. These clouds appear in a...
The Science Behind Altostratus Clouds
Altostratus clouds are mid-level clouds that are often seen as gray or darker white. These clouds usually cover most of the sky, but it...
The Science Behind Nimbostratus Clouds
Nimbostratus clouds are often known as rain clouds because they produce rain. Even though this is a mid-level cloud, it is often found in...
The Science Behind Stratocumulus Clouds
Stratocumulus clouds are low-level clouds that are usually seen as a sheet of gray or white colored clouds with breaks of blue skies in...
The Science Behind Cumulonimbus Clouds
Cumulonimbus clouds are typically known as thunderstorm clouds. These clouds can form thunder and lightning as well as heavy rain, large...
The Science Behind Stratus Clouds
Stratus clouds are the ugly, gray clouds that can produce a mist and are close to the ground. When these clouds gets very low, we can...
The Science Behind Cumulus Clouds
Cumulus clouds are puffy clouds that are seen in the lower cloud layer in the sky. The bottoms of these clouds are flat and white, but...
