The First Warn Weather Team was first to show the wall cloud near Platteville Friday evening on the Queen B Radio skycam. The skycam allowed the First Warn Weather Team to report the rotating wall ...
As Des Moines was hit with strong thunderstorms Tuesday, pictures of a "shelf cloud" start circulating social media. The images displayed what looked like low hanging clouds under more cloud coverage ...
An e-mail from Sherrard asks about this thing called a wall cloud and its relation to tornadoes. Rotating clouds at the base of a severe thunderstorm often indicate that the storm is about to give ...
A wall cloud is an abrupt lowering of a rain-free cumulonimbus base into a low-hanging accessory cloud. This type of cloud is usually situated in the southwest portion of a thunderstorm. A rotating ...
MADISON, Wis. - Both are ominous looking clouds that are sometimes present with thunderstorms and are often confused for each other. Let's take a look at a shelf cloud, a wall cloud and discuss how ...
Do you know the difference between a wall cloud and a shelf cloud?? This is often a misunderstood phenomenon in weather, although to be fair... the shelf cloud does look like a wall. A shelf cloud is ...
Severe weather season in Texas has arrived and San Antonio is bracing for a couple of stormy days on the horizon this week. Knowing how thunderstorms develop and identifying cloud formations can help ...