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Mammatus cloud seen at Puthenpeedika, India Mammatus clouds formation in Coimbatore, India Mammatus clouds over the Nepal Himalayas. Mammatus (also called mamma [1] or mammatocumulus, meaning "mammary cloud") is a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically a cumulonimbus raincloud, although they may be attached to other classes of parent clouds.
"Radial". Clouds in one of several possible forms arranged in parallel lines that appear to converge at a central point near the horizon. Undulatus "Wavy". Stratiform or stratocumuliform cloud displaying an undulating pattern. Vertebratus "In the form of a back-bone". Cirriform arranged to look like the back-bone of a vertebrate.
If you’ve ever indulged in the habit of cloudspotting, you’ve probably seen all kinds of things in the sky, from animals and faces to UFOs and cartoon characters. But did you know that our ...
Individual tufts of clouds with ragged bases and often with noticeable virga: Ac, Cc, Ci Fractus: fra: Broken cloud with ragged bases and edges: Cu, St: Humilis: hum: Cloud with limited vertical height with a length much bigger than their height: Cu Lenticularis: len: Lens or almond shaped clouds that are stationary in the sky: Sc, Ac, Cc ...
If you experience a thunderstorm in 2025, be sure to step outside and look to the sky after it passes for the chance to spot a unique type of cloud that looks like giant bubbles. Unlike most ...
A curious cloud photographed over Smith Mountain in Virginia this week looks more like something out of a fairytale or painting than it does in real life — and the science behind the formation ...
The breast milk being spurted downward created white lilies, but this is seen in the lost portion of the painting. The Milky Way is a hazy cloud seen during the night sky that is depicted behind the eagle, and the stars of the Milky Way which are being formed as the milk leaves Juno’s breast. [3]
Examples include "Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry", and "A dappled sky, like a painted woman, soon changes its face". [4] It is sometimes known as a buttermilk sky, particularly when in the early cirrocumulus stage, in reference to the clouds' "curdled" appearance. [7]