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Weather words: Mammatus clouds

Mammatus clouds are pouchlike formations that hang from the base of storm clouds, signaling turbulence in the atmosphere but ...
Mother Nature delivered a treat on Sunday evening for those who looked up at the sky. No, that wasn't cotton candy up there; after brutal thunderstorms, the rain made way for some gorgeous pink, ...
NORFOLK, Va. — Did you look at the sky on Monday as the severe storms exited the region? If you did, you might have been treated to a really cool and not-too-common sight in our area: mammatus clouds!
After severe storms swept through the Houston metro area on Tuesday, an eye-catching display of mammatus clouds — a rare and distinctive pouch-like cloud formation — filled the skies over Southeast ...
Scattered showers and thunderstorms passing through Texas on Friday, August 23, created a striking scene. Bulbous mammatus clouds, like celestial cotton, blushed with an orange hue as the setting sun ...
Yesterday evening brought with it another round of showers and storms, some of which went severe-warned and produced locally strong winds and some fairly large hail up to the size of quarters at times ...
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Thunderstorms form due to rapidly rising air. At the top of the storm, the air diverges, which is why you get that anvil shape in some of the more intense cells. Mature stage of a thunderstorm Within ...
Looking up at the sky might seem like a simple pastime, but for those who know what to watch for, clouds tell stories that could save your life. Most of us walk around barely noticing the atmosphere ...