You may have spotted it over the mountains near Vancouver, B.C. or the Bellingham area - a strange looking cloud with a flat top that resembles a giant anvil. The technical name for this type of cloud ...

HOUSTON — Anvil clouds can often look like an alien spacecraft trying to land, We’ve had emails suggesting there is a UFO in the sky and immediately when I see the picture, it’s an anvil cloud. What ...

Flying high over the ground in a plane, a thunderstorm's anvil cloud might be the last thing you want to see, but it's exactly what a group of scientists conducting an airborne mission were looking ...

I have seen cumulonimbus clouds (thunderheads) with classic anvil formations at the top. What air mass is above the anvil causing it to flatten? Scott, Bloomingdale, Ill. Dear Scott, The troposphere, ...

First on Monday night, and then again on Tuesday. They were in the decaying or dying phase when they really got interesting. And everybody in the metro had a front-row seat. 9NEWS received photos from ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - 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. Meteorologist Paul ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Well, on days with widely scattered thunderstorms, you might capture a good view of a well-developed cumulonimbus tower in the distance. The upper portion of the cloud may appear to ...

Flying high over the ground in a plane, a thunderstorm's anvil cloud might be the last thing you want to see, but it's exactly what a group of scientists conducting an airborne mission were looking ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A lone thunderstorm near Fredericksburg created a gigantic anvil cloud Monday evening. KXAN viewers reached out to us with a mix of fear and excitement as the Independence Day-like ...