Storm clouds over East Beach in Santa Barbara Tuesday morning as the threat of thunderstorms lingers. Credit: Ray Ford / Noozhawk photo After an overnight soaking, the worst of the major storm hitting ...

Before you panic at that low-hanging cloud, take a closer look, it might just be a harmless scud cloud. Scud clouds are small, ragged-looking clouds that form just beneath a larger cloud base, often ...

Hurricane Melissa is now a powerful Category 5 storm. Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is bearing down on Jamaica and is forecast to be the worst storm in the island's history.

Weather forecasting can often seem as arcane as gazing into a crystal ball, but the skill lies in analyzing current conditions, identifying weather patterns and applying climatology to produce a ...