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Mammatus Clouds Downtown – May 11, 2014

Mammatus clouds

Mammatus cloud characteristics: Here in the U.S., cumulonimbus are the variety of mammatus clouds we typically see. When they occur, it’s usually a sign of a particularly strong storm or maybe even a tornadic storm to come. Due to the intensely sheared environment in which mammatus form, aviators are strongly cautioned to avoid cumulonimbus with […]