Mammatus Clouds

**Korumba** · 5th May 2006, 16:15

The clouds are called Mammatus clouds. They do not precede a tornado, or foretell a storm, but are formed when the air is already saturated with rain droplets and/or ice crystals and begins to sink. The worst of the storm is usually over when these kinds of clouds are seen. They are quite rare.

**Smorg** · 5th May 2006, 16:27

Those are some wicked images, cant say ive ever seen them before. but then again ive never been in a tornado either

**Sniper** · 5th May 2006, 16:27

They do look farking cool

**Smorg** · 5th May 2006, 16:31

Originally Posted by Sniper

They do look farking cool

im trying to quote your boobs one but it keeps coming up with this....what gives

**Sniper** · 5th May 2006, 16:57

Originally Posted by Smorgen

im trying to quote your boobs one but it keeps coming up with this....what gives

I edited my post just after saying that.

BOOBS!!! (Quote it now if you want.)

**Skyryder** · 5th May 2006, 17:29

I've seen them down here on the odd occasion. Not as pendulus as the photo's. Got talking to a fishing friend of mine not so long ago on this but we could not recall the correct name. Mammatus. Might be associeated with boobs as in mammory.

Skyryder

**Skyryder** · 5th May 2006, 19:31

More at this link.

http://www.weatherpictures.nl/mammatus.html

The photos' while not as spectacular do give a clearer picture of the variety of Mammatus clouds. If you take a close look I am sure that you have seen this cloud type but just have not recognised it. They are not common and unless you take a bit of interest in the weather, most bikers do, you may not have noticed them.

The last time I saw these were a few months ago when I was out at the Waimak. I got talking clouds to a fishing mate and pointed out the unusual cloud formation.

Skyryder