Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two ...

Last week, a really defined one was captured over Chapel Hill by Mark Waller. A shelf cloud will form when warm, moist air ...

In a rare showing Sunday, Martina Renaud in Cameron spotted "Kelvin-Helmholtz" wave clouds. Kelvin-Helmholtz wave clouds in Cameron, NC - Photo taken by Martina Renaud In a case of KH waves ...

Former Texas Longhorns offensive lineman Kelvin Banks Jr. seems to be starting his NFL career in just the right place. On Thursday night, the New Orleans Saints selected Banks with the No. 9 ...

It's a first for me." Anne Wilkie posted on X. What she saw was a Kelvin-Helmholtz wave cloud, named after Hermann von Helmholtz, who discovered the atmospheric instability that leads to this ...

Rare clouds could be seen from parts of the Highlands on Saturday afternoon. Called Kelvin Helmholtz, they resemble rolling ocean waves and similar patterns have been seen by astronomers on ...

if you’re lucky enough to see them. This week, it’s a brief primer on “Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds” or “KH clouds” or “fluctus clouds,” lots of names for the same thing. * Let’s ...

Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds or fluctus clouds, as the formations are named, are very rare over Washington, according to KING 5 Chief Meteorologist Mike Everett. The clouds look like literal waves in ...