As unusual as the clouds may seem, Cappucci said they are "not rare at all." "In fact, these so-called crepuscular rays happen a lot. They just rarely look as perfect as this example," he said.

The clouds, which are quite rare in the UK, were spotted in northern parts of the country earlier this week, over Gateshead, ...

The 14,400-foot rock wall tends to disrupt our atmosphere and usher in unique weather. Friday morning featured several ...

The clouds form when the air is stable and winds blow across hills and mountains from a similar direction at different heights through the troposphere, according to the Met Office. They often resemble ...

Lenticular clouds combined with the morning sunrise on the Antrim coast People along the Antrim coast woke up to unusual cloud formations on Friday, reminiscent of scenes from a science-fiction film.

We received several pics of this really cool UFO looking storm this morning. This is a lenticular storm cloud and its not that common to see,' Higgins Storm Chasing wrote to their Facebook page on ...

BBC Weather Watchers have been treated this week to red skies at night in the mornings - and unusual cloud formations. Lenticular clouds could be seen widely across Scotland over the past few days.

People along the Antrim coast woke up to unusual cloud formations on Friday, reminiscent of scenes from a science-fiction film. Lenticular clouds combined with the morning sunrise to create these ...