Mammatus clouds with a country landscape out the Colorado agriculture farming plains with a view of two small silos. Mammatus, also known as mammatocumulus (meaning “mammary cloud” or “breast cloud”), is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name mammatus is derived from the Latin mamma (meaning “udder” or “breast”).
True to their ominous appearance, mammatus clouds are often harbingers of a coming storm or other extreme weather system. So when you see this you know all heel is about to break lose . Mammatus clouds are associated with very powerful storms that can occur in the summer, and are a sign of the massive quantities of water vapour that are held in the summer air.
Here are Some Cool Mammatus Cloud Facts
Mammatus clouds can be found on the underside of the anvils of severe thunderstorms (especially supercell thunderstorms), resembling sagging pouches that are made up primarily of ice crystals.
These clouds can look like a field of tennis balls or melons.
Composed primarily of ice, Mammatus Clouds can extend for hundreds of miles in each direction.
Despite popular misconception, mammatus clouds are not a sign that a tornado is about to form.
mammatus clouds can appear especially dramatic if sunlit from the side at sunset or sunrise.
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. Mammatus clouds are associated with very powerful storms that can occur in the summer, and are a sign of the massive quantities of water vapour that are held in the summer air.
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