New types of clouds? Have you seen this?

[SintonFan]

I have seen this over the Taft area 15 years ago.
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3365/rollingcloudsd.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/rollingcloudsd.jpg/)

Link for report (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_re_us/us_new_cloud)
Your opinions please, but I doubt we need a new classification for types of clouds.
I hope you folks in Liberty Hill are OK tonight. We just had a tornado in San Pat last week tear that place up some.:(

[Emerson1]

Just looks like they did HDR on the clouds in photoshop

[Farmersfan]

Blame it on Global Warming!

[Pick6]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
Blame it on Global Warming!

Or we can blame it on Gore's gas guzzling, high polluting vehicles. Or maybe Gore's high energy using home.

[CenTexSports]

http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/06/12/58559

Article in this mornings Temple paper. They are called Mammatus clouds.

I remember the first time I saw them when I was in high school during baseball practice. About 9 small funnels popped out and went immediately back up. It was awesome.

[trojan37]

Originally posted by CenTexSports
http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/06/12/58559

Article in this mornings Temple paper. They are called Mammatus clouds.

I remember the first time I saw them when I was in high school during baseball practice. About 9 small funnels popped out and went immediately back up. It was awesome.

I hate to say it, but those are not mammatus clouds. They look nothing like mammatus clouds. I have seen these before though. These are usually common with upper air disturbances and severe thunderstorm episodes, where Iowa had some severe weather the other day, and from what I understand, this picture what taken in Iowa:thinking: . Here are what mammatus clouds look like.

http://www.missouriskies.org/june13_storm/mammatus.jpg

[CenTexSports]

The ones over Central Texas yesterday (and the ones in the Temple paper) look like the ones you posted but not as dark or large. If it is the shape that defines them I think they are the same.

[DU_stud04]

Originally posted by trojan37
I hate to say it, but those are not mammatus clouds. They look nothing like mammatus clouds. I have seen these before though. These are usually common with upper air disturbances and severe thunderstorm episodes, where Iowa had some severe weather the other day, and from what I understand, this picture what taken in Iowa:thinking: . Here are what mammatus clouds look like.

http://www.missouriskies.org/june13_storm/mammatus.jpg saw mammatus clouds quite a few times growing up... mom always related them to hail and about 90% of the time she was right

[TarponFanInNorthTexas]

Originally posted by DU_stud04
saw mammatus clouds quite a few times growing up... mom always related them to hail and about 90% of the time she was right

I've seen these several times before, however, usually AFTER a severe storm has passed. Never seen them BEFORE a severe storm arrived.

[trojan37]

Originally posted by CenTexSports
The ones over Central Texas yesterday (and the ones in the Temple paper) look like the ones you posted but not as dark or large. If it is the shape that defines them I think they are the same.

Yes, the ones over Central Texas yesterday were mammatus clouds. I was referring to the ones in the picture at the top of the thread(those are not mammatus). Mammatus are associated with severe weather, but do not actually produce severe weather. They are usually seen under the anvil of a thunderstorm.

[DU_stud04]

Originally posted by TarponFanInNorthTexas
I've seen these several times before, however, usually AFTER a severe storm has passed. Never seen them BEFORE a severe storm arrived. this storm is knockin on the door, should be here within 30 minutes...produced 3-4 tornado's within the last 20 miles or so.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g115/mexmustangs04/DSC_0458.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g115/mexmustangs04/DSC_0478.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g115/mexmustangs04/DSC_0476.jpg