Cloud Videos

Clouds never stay still. They're in a state of perpetual transition, mutating from one form to another. This ephemeral, ever-changing quality is part of their beauty. If you have time-lapse video of clouds for this page, upload it to a video hosting site like Vimeo or YouTube and send us a link.

Lenticularis Clouds – Timelapse

Colynn Kerr recently sent us his timelapse video taken in Alberta, Canada. It is a film of lenticularis clouds at sunset, showing how the formation appears in a ‘standing wave’ of air. As it rises to pass over a mountain, an airstream can take a rising and dipping path in the lee of the peak, […]
Arcus

Passage de l’orage (arcus) /storm – Knokke (Belgique – Belgium)

Jonathan Herreman has produced this great real-time capture of an “arcus” formation. It shows how the arcus, also known as a ‘shelf cloud’, is a feature that extends out at the base of a Cumulonimbus storm cloud in front of the direction of the storm’s movement.

Timelapse Of Asperatus Clouds

Thanks to Society member Jelte Vredenbregt for drawing our attention to this fantastic time lapse of Asperatus Clouds taken in Lincoln NE, on July 7 2014 by storm-chaser Alex Schueth and posted on the IFL Science website.
Roll Cloud © Art Griffey

Side View of a Roll Cloud

Here is another time lapse video from cloud enthusiast Art Griffey. This one shows a side view of a roll cloud passing over Hopkinsville, KY, USA.
Storm Cloud

Time Lapse: Storm Cloud

Cloud Appreciation Society Member, Matheus Manente, produced this time lapse video of a Cumulonimbus over São Bernardo, Brazil last year.

High Based Thunderstorm

Art Griffey recently sent us a selection of his time lapse videos recorded in Hopkinsville, KY, USA. The first shows a high based thunderstorm and we will be posting more over the next few weeks.

A cloud timelapse color study

Cloud enthusiast, Melissa Moon recently sent us this time lapse video. It was taken at twilight in Great Torrington, North Devon, UK and begins with a color study of clouds and an arching rainbow and ends with the moonrise of the August supermoon. You can see a playlist of her cloud time lapse videos on […]
September Day © Timothy Pugh

A Rather Nice Day In September

Cloud enthusiast, Timothy Pugh, sent us this time lapse video filmed on a warm September day in 2013. Timelapse from TmP on Vimeo.
© Mark Mitrofaniuk

Coventry Cloud Timelapse

This is a second time lapse video from cloud enthusiast, Mark Mitrofaniuk, who filmed it from his balcony in Coventry, UK