Mammatus clouds in Joplin, MO

JeeberD · 05-25-2005, 04:44 PM

Looks like something from the preview of War of the Worlds.

VPI97 · 05-25-2005, 04:45 PM

http://www.koamtv.com/userimages/clouds1.jpg
http://www.koamtv.com/userimages/clouds5.jpg
http://www.koamtv.com/userimages/Clouds9.jpg

http://www.koamtv.com/index.php?acti....view&num=2662

Quote:

Residents in the Four States were taken aback Tuesday by Mother Nature's
beauty.
Meteorologist Doug Heady says these types of clouds are called
lenticular mammatus. They are rare and many residents in the Four
States have remarked that they had never seen anything like it before.
Heady says these clouds form during severe weather and although
they look as though tornadoes could accompany them, tornadoes never
form in these systems. He says under a severe thunderstorm you get
cold air that pushes down and that's what creates the fascinating cloud
formations.
We received hundreds of calls and pictures from Tuesday's weather
event. We appreciate the pictures and awareness our viewers show
during these situations.

Wow...cool.

sovereignstar · 05-25-2005, 04:47 PM

Apocolypse!

WSUCougar · 05-25-2005, 04:48 PM

Hide the women and children!

Blackadar · 05-25-2005, 04:50 PM

wicked cool

fantastic flying froggies · 05-25-2005, 04:51 PM

we're DOOMED!

DeToxRox · 05-25-2005, 05:31 PM

Looks like an old digital art project I made.

Raiders Army · 05-25-2005, 06:00 PM

They look like upside down nips.

Buccaneer · 05-25-2005, 06:20 PM

I literally got turned on by seeing those (since I'm a clouds freak). We have some wicked clouds here as unstable air spills over the Front Range and hits the Plains but I have never seen anything like those...if it's not a hoax.

QuikSand · 05-25-2005, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders Army

They look like upside down nips.

I'd guess the guy who named them "mammatus" had the same thing in mind.

Julio Riddols · 05-25-2005, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I literally got turned on by seeing those (since I'm a clouds freak). We have some wicked clouds here as unstable air spills over the Front Range and hits the Plains but I have never seen anything like those...if it's not a hoax.

Yeah, man, those are "Playboy" clouds.. Airbrushed I bet.

05-25-2005, 04:48 PM	#4
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05-25-2005, 04:47 PM	#3
sovereignstar Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004	Apocolypse!

05-25-2005, 04:50 PM	#5
Blackadar Retired Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fantasyland	wicked cool

05-25-2005, 05:31 PM	#7
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Looks like an old digital art project I made.

05-25-2005, 06:00 PM	#8
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	They look like upside down nips.

05-25-2005, 06:20 PM	#9
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	I literally got turned on by seeing those (since I'm a clouds freak). We have some wicked clouds here as unstable air spills over the Front Range and hits the Plains but I have never seen anything like those...if it's not a hoax.

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