Mammatus clouds

[glen]

These are gorgious.
I have never seen them, or pictures of them before.

http://images.google.com/images?q=Mammatus+clouds&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

 

[Descartes]

Some of those look photoshopped, but being from Tulsa and spending my summers in more rural areas I used to see them.

 

[DougK62]

I've seen them a few times. They really are cool.

 

[pontifex]

looks fake

 

[The Batt?sai]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Some of those look photoshopped, but being from Tulsa and spending my summers in more rural areas I used to see them.

they aren't photoshopped. i saw something very similar during a thunderstorm. the clouds were very very bubbly and roiling. i'm not sure this is the same cloud or not but it looked scary! :Q

 

[Yossarian]

they look like the clouds that always roll in around UFOs

 

[Accipiter22]

they precde t-storms, and tornados often

 

[nakedfrog]

Is that what they're called? I've got at least one pic of them at home.

 

[ValkyrieofHouston]

Yea, these clouds are really quite something they usually appear when the upper atmosphere becomes unstable and there is some really turbulent stormy weather. My ex husband is sort of an unofficial expert on meterololgy.. he said they only occur where cumulonimbus are present, and can extend up to 25 miles away from a thunderstorm.

 

[ATLien247]

I'm not sure if this is always the case, but on the rare occasions that I've seen those kinds of clouds here in Utah, they were precursors to tornadoes...

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
they precde t-storms, and tornados often

Probably not

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: quasarsky

Originally posted by: Descartes
Some of those look photoshopped, but being from Tulsa and spending my summers in more rural areas I used to see them.

they aren't photoshopped. i saw something very similar during a thunderstorm. the clouds were very very bubbly and roiling. i'm not sure this is the same cloud or not but it looked scary! :Q

Some of them have almost certainly been altered. I used to see these all the time growing up along with everything else associated with them. They're quite a sight.

 

[skrilla]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
they precde t-storms, and tornados often

Probably not

The only time I have seen them was after a pretty bad storm last spring. There were tornado watches/warnings along with the storm. After everthing had passed the clouds rolled in. It was pretty surreal.

 

[OutHouse]

i see those quite often in colorado.

 

[mb]

Some of the darker pics look scary.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: pontifex
looks fake

Those would be the Mammatus Siliconius variety.

 

[James3shin]

wow, unreal!

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk

Originally posted by: pontifex
looks fake

Those would be the Mammatus Siliconius variety.

Nowadays the Mammatus Salinius are more common.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: sm8000

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk

Originally posted by: pontifex
looks fake

Those would be the Mammatus Siliconius variety.

Nowadays the Mammatus Salinius are more common.

Yeah, but those look more 'real' - and they're softer and giggly

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk

Originally posted by: sm8000

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk

Originally posted by: pontifex
looks fake

Those would be the Mammatus Siliconius variety.

Nowadays the Mammatus Salinius are more common.

Yeah, but those look more 'real' - and they're softer and giggly

And they appear to have more lift. Lord knows I do love those perky clouds!

 

[mordantmonkey]

move to the midwest. you see them at least a couple of time a year. I love thunderstorms around here. almost as good as living near the ocean.

 

[conehead433]

Cool.