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.

Discover how clouds stay floating in the sky

Thank you to Robert Blair who found this video made by the host of PBS Digital’s “It’s Okay To Be Smart”, Joe Hanson, who explains everything from cloud names, to condensation, to where the term “cloud nine” comes from. He also mentions the Cloud Appreciation Society…

Timelapse Waving Clouds

Brecht Iliaens recently sent this short timelapse of cloud formations over Duffel, Belgium.
Adrian Andler

Relaxed Paramotor Cloud Surfing

“Flying in the clouds is just such a nice and relaxing sensation hard to describe……you forget whats down on the ground and just enjoy pure freedom of nature”. This is what Adrian Andler sees and feels when he is flying in the clouds and he was kind enough to share it. He has also included […]

Convective Clouds

This is a time lapse that was taken at Hopkinsville, Ky by Art Griffey. The conditions were perfect to see these clouds.

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.