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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 ...
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!
It was not a bird, a plane, popcorn, cotton balls or giant cow udders in the skies above Bucks County on Sunday evening. So what was it? A unique weather phenomenon. Called mammatus clouds, these ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — Fast-moving showers brought rain, graupel and small hail to the Inland Northwest on Tuesday. The storms that created them also provided some exciting sights. The pouch-like structures ...
People watching the skies above Allegheny County and surrounding areas Thursday evening for signs of potential thunderstorms instead were treated to vistas of clouds resembling fluffy cotton balls.
When it comes to cool cloud formations, mammatus clouds rank high. They’re a favorite with KSAT Connect users who sometimes call them bubble clouds or cotton ball clouds. They were actually named for ...
Another round of storms battered some Ohio communities Wednesday evening with heavy but brief rainfalls, 60 mph gusts and a confirmed tornado while producing picturesque bubble-like clouds at sunset.
Clouds can tell us a lot about the weather. And with their visibility they tend to gain interest from readers, inquiring what they mean, or how they form. This week I got a note from a long-time ...
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 ...
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 ...
It was not a bird, a plane, popcorn, cotton balls or giant cow udders in the skies above Bucks County on Sunday evening. So what was it? A unique weather phenomenon. Called mammatus clouds, these ...