What are those oddly beautiful but scary clouds that hang down from thunderclouds at times?.....Likely mammatus clouds. They generate a ton of excitement on social media and are somewhat of a ...
NORFOLK, Va. — Did you look at the sky on Monday as the severe storms exited the region? If you did, you might have been treated to a really cool and not-too-common sight in our area: mammatus clouds!
It was not a bird, a plane, popcorn, cotton balls or giant cow udders in the skies above Bucks County on Sunday evening. So what was it? A unique weather phenomenon. Called mammatus clouds, these ...
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Weather words: Mammatus clouds

Mammatus clouds are pouchlike formations that hang from the base of storm clouds, signaling turbulence in the atmosphere but ...
MISSOULA, Mont. — Mammatus clouds made an appearance over western Montana on Wednesday, and our viewers submitted great photos to us! The big question now is what are mammatus clouds? Mammatus are ...
When it comes to cool cloud formations, mammatus clouds rank high. They’re a favorite with KSAT Connect users who sometimes call them bubble clouds or cotton ball clouds. They were actually named for ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — Fast-moving showers brought rain, graupel and small hail to the Inland Northwest on Tuesday. The storms that created them also provided some exciting sights. The pouch-like structures ...
Looking up at the sky might seem like a simple pastime, but for those who know what to watch for, clouds tell stories that ...
It was not a bird, a plane, popcorn, cotton balls or giant cow udders in the skies above Bucks County on Sunday evening. So what was it? A unique weather phenomenon. Called mammatus clouds, these ...