Clouds are shaped by the many changing characteristics of the atmosphere: temperature, moisture, winds, and more. ... rippled white sheet. Cirrostratus are a more homogenous sheer veil.

The white oval structures are in fact beautiful examples of lenticular clouds," officials with the U.S. National Science Foundation's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, or ...

Several Local 12 viewers around the Tri-State this weekend sent in photos of an oddly-shaped cloud asking for an explanation of what it is and how it forms.