On a sticky afternoon in late April 2026, a smooth, translucent hood settles briefly over the top of a swelling cumulus tower. Within minutes it is gone, swallowed by the very cloud that created it.

MT. HOOD MEADOWS, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon’s latest cold front and strong winds helped simultaneously form a cap cloud and lenticular cloud over the peak of Mt. Hood on Tuesday. A time-lapse view of these ...

Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire reported seeing cap clouds and lenticular clouds when winds reached 55 mph. It recorded video of a cloud passing close to the ground. Facebook screengrab ...

SEATTLE — Even a clear sky contains layers of wet and dry air, that is, layers with different humidities. You can’t see these layers unless the humidity is high enough for the moisture in the layer to ...

DENVER (CBS4) - It's one of the many beautiful sights associated with rapidly changing weather, and when you see it, you better grab the camera fast. That's because a pileus cloud, or cap cloud, doesn ...