Mammatus clouds

I recall my uncle saying that the trees were sideways from the wind, and I was just in awe of what kind of force it would take to do that. I don't think that storm produced a tornado. Later on, I would watch a video my dad took from our front porch right before the storm hit, mesmerized by the mammatus clouds.

Mammatus clouds look like a series of cellular pouches hanging from other clouds, usually cumulonimbus, and usually during heavy rainstorms. A lava lava is a draped, kilt-like cotton garment worn by Polynesians, usually Samoans. Neonics, a shortened form of neonicotinoids, is a systemic insecticide ...

A few photographers snapped photos of dramatic mammatus clouds drifting over the South Sound. The clouds are a sign of extreme instability and turbulence in the area. They're fairly common sights in the Midwest storm season, and clouds with small mammatus bumps are have been spotted on occasion around the ...

The severe thunderstorms which swept across Victoria caused flash flooding and leaving tens of thousands without power. They hit Melbourne's CBD around dinner time, just as people were preparing for a night in front of the television (or their smartphones and tablets). Pulled from their screens, residents ...

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Michael Efron said the mammatus clouds meant high winds were on the way. Winds up to 70km/h swept across Melbourne Airport at 5.20am. A strong wind warning is in place for Port Phillip, Western Port and the central coast today. “They are quite spectacular ...

These features are called mammatus clouds, and they occur when cold, dense air surges downward within the parent cloud. The cold air "punches" the air around it, producing the pouch-like appearance. Mammatus are often present during severe thunderstorms, but they can also form during "normal" or ...

DEER TRAIL, Colo. (CBS4) – Lisa Eldringhoff captured a photo of what CBS4's Jim Benemann described as “angry clouds” on May 8 west of Deer Trail at Eldringhoff Ranch. clouds YouReporter Captures Photo Of Angry Mammatus Clouds. (credit: Lisa Eldringhoff). They mammatus clouds, which CBS4 ...