Cloud Images
Rogue wave on the plains. An incredible shelf cloud.
Image ID: con00009, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Oklahoma, Norman
Photographer: Spencer Basoco
Credit: NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015
A Colorado rainbow and rainshaft observed while on College of Dupage's Storm Chasing Trip 3.
Image ID: con00019, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Colorado, Carr
Photo Date: 2014 May 27
Photographer: Jared Rackley
Credit: NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015
This lone thunderhead quickly blew up just at sunset after a day of monsoonal showers near Williamson Valley, Az. Thunderhead over Table Mountain.
Image ID: con00020, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Arizona, Williamson valley
Photographer: Jeff Stillman
Credit: NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015
Amazing beauty from the air. Clouds from airplane: Route Memphis to DFW, Texas .
Image ID: con00021, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Over Arkansas or Texas
Photo Date: 2015 May 14
Photographer: Jane Hartman
Credit: NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015
With a bang! Thunderstorm over Watson Lake.
Image ID: con00001, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Arizona, Prescott
Photographer: Bob Larson
Credit: NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015
Types of Clouds
- Cloud Classification and CharacteristicsA National Weather Service resource
- International Cloud Atlas Manual on the Observation of Clouds and Other MeteorsWorld Meteorological Organization
- New Cloud Types Added For the First Time in 30 YearsWeather.com, By Chris DolceMarch 22 2017 04:30 PM EDT
- NWS Cloud ChartA National Weather Service resource
- Ten Basic CloudsA National Weather Service resource
- Rare Noctilucent Clouds, Earth's Highest Clouds, Spotted in the Northern U.S. Over the WeekendWeather.com, By Brian Donegan