Ever notice how the base of a cloud is usually flat? There’s a reason for that. An invisible layer of the atmosphere on which clouds appear to “sit” is called the Lifting Condensation Level. As a ...

In the atmosphere cumulus clouds, or low-level clouds, begin to form at what meteorologists call the Lifted Condensation Level (LCL). The LCL is the level at which a lifted or rising water vapor ...

Each week, our meteorologists answer a question from readers. This week’s question comes from Morning Brief reader Leanna, who asks, “Why are clouds most often above us and not among us? They seem to ...

A woman was killed and her baby suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Wood County Saturday afternoon, Ohio State Highway Patrol said.