Type I formations are somewhat similar to nacreous cloud, though different in chemical composition. They scatter sunlight ...

On the morning of Sunday, January 4, 2026, many Central Texans woke up to an unusual sight: large circular holes punched through high cloud layers. Despite the strange appearance, these formations are ...

Last Wednesday, many looked up to say …it’s a bird, it’s a plane it’s …not Superman …so what was it? A fallstreak hole (also known as a “hole punch cloud”) is a large circular or elliptical gap that ...

I awoke to a question from my friend John Dukes about the sky over northern Florida on Saturday evening. Two things that John and I have in common is our membership in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.

A recent cold front in Florida created a rare weather phenomenon known as fallstreak holes or hole punch clouds. These circular divots appear in high-altitude clouds made of super-cooled water ...

These altocumulus clouds, also described as a “mackerel sky” because they look like fish scales, signal changing weather. Rain is expected starting Wednesday through Saturday. Periodic rain showers ...

Like a pink sandstone formation, but in the sky — Ryan True-Richardson took this photo in the Tehachapi Valley of a large lenticular cloud that formed in the late afternoon of Dec. 20. Known to ...

Microsoft has released some new data points that highlight how Xbox Cloud Gaming is growing. The company said in a blog post that cloud gaming hours from Game Pass members increased by 45% compared to ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Mackerel clouds fanned out across our skies Thursday morning ahead of the next and final storm hitting California. This type of cirrocumulus or altocumulus cloud cover commonly ...

These are some of my favorite clouds to see, they’re called hole-punch or fallstreak clouds. And believe it or not, they didn’t exist before the invention of propeller airplanes. These clouds are ...