Lat week we witnessed this type of cloud formation in North Texas. I hadn't seen this type of cloud, since i made a cloud book for my friend Megan in 1994. Might be a surprise that i was a science nerd in middle school (ha!) but we did a segment on clouds that i remember till this day. So here is a little background on this type called mammata.-----------
No Photoshoppery here - Mammatus clouds are formed when the air is saturated with rain droplets and/or ice crystals, and begins to sink. They don’t precede a tornado or presage a storm; the worst of the storm is usually over when Mammatus are seen. The name “mammatus” is derived from the Latin mamma (breast), for the way they hang down, seeming to offer … something.
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