Why do some clouds look solid, while others look translucent? We reveal all in Cloud of the Month for November…
Category: Cloud of the Month
Every month, we choose one of our favourite photographs from the Cloud Gallery to become our Cloud of the Month.
November 13, 2019
October 5, 2019
Cloud of the Month for October, spotted during ‘the blue hour’, is all about the time of day…
September 17, 2019
Eyebrows will be raised about the classification of September’s Cloud of the Month…
August 20, 2019
Cloud of the Month for August is the rarest of the ten main cloud types…
July 17, 2019
July’s Cloud of the Month is a rainbow wheel of fortune. Find out more…
June 27, 2019
June has seen numerous spottings of ‘noctilucent clouds’ across Europe and North America. Why might these rare night-shining clouds, which form right up at the fringes of Space, be starting to appear more and more frequently…?
May 12, 2019
May’s Cloud of the Month shows how a Cumulus with big ambitions can develop a cloud halo…
April 29, 2019
Waterfalls and water rises in the Cloud of the Month for April…
March 27, 2019
Cloud of the Month for March has mysteries blowin’ in the wind…
February 14, 2019
February’s Cloud of the Month is a smile in the sky…
January 16, 2019
Cloud of the Month for January is an ocean of Stratus – best viewed from above, and with time on your hands…
December 5, 2018
To counter the December season of excess, we have selected as Cloud of the Month the simplest, most understated of formations…
November 19, 2018
For November’s Cloud of the Month, we show why the window seat is the only seat fit for a cloudspotter…
October 17, 2018
October’s Cloud of the Month are comforting mamma clouds over Argentina…
September 17, 2018
In September’s Cloud of the Month, we reveal the mysteries of cookie-cutter clouds…
August 24, 2018
A mighty Cumulus demonstrates cloud power with the help from a far more retiring cloud friend in the Cloud of the Month for August…
July 23, 2018
July’s Cloud of the Month shows why in summer the best cloudspotting can be after dark…
June 26, 2018
Storms that Spin: Cloud of the Month for June comes twisting from the western edge of tornado alley in the US state of Colorado…
May 17, 2018
May’s Cloud of the Month is a rare combination of optical effects, all tied up in a bow…
April 4, 2018
In April’s Cloud of the Month we ask ‘What is a sunset without clouds?’…
March 23, 2018
In the untamed twisting, turbulent air downwind of mountains, fine filigrees of cloud can form…
February 15, 2018
Ever wondered why clouds sometimes line themselves up into regimented ‘streets’ like this? Of course you have, and now is your chance to find out with February’s Cloud of the Month…
January 19, 2018
Our Cloud of the Month for January shows Sea Smoke over the coast of Maine, US…
December 11, 2017
Ice jellyfish in the sky…
November 15, 2017
A dramatic lenticularis sunset reveals the contour lines of the sky…
October 20, 2017
The Cloud of the Month for October reveals the waves above…
September 18, 2017
For September’s Cloud of the Month, we’ve chosen a display of ‘anti-crepuscular rays’…
August 8, 2017
It is time to clear up some confusions about what is, and what isn’t, a ‘shelf cloud’.
July 24, 2017
Your chances of seeing the vibrant ‘circumhorizon arc’ optical effect are either fantastic or hopeless, depending on where you are and the time of year…
June 21, 2017
When a mountain goes for a 17-Century look…
May 23, 2017
Welcome to the ’anvil crawler‘…
April 15, 2017
Cloud of the Month for April is the accessory cloud known as a ‘pileus’…
March 15, 2017
It is not often that we at the Cloud Appreciation Society wish the clouds away…
February 9, 2017
The aliens have landed in February’s Cloud of the Month…
January 6, 2017
Cloud of the Month for January is a rain cloud that changed its mind…
December 3, 2016
Cloud of the Month for December is the ghost of rainbows past…
November 11, 2016
Earlier this month, a peculiar ring appeared in the clouds over Warwickshire, England…
October 4, 2016
When you see a flat-looking rainbow, right down close to the ground, you are looking at a ‘lowbow’…
September 5, 2016
Cloud of the Month for September is a storm with mood lighting…
August 4, 2016
August Cloud of the Month is the variety known as ‘lacunosus’…
