Saturday, June 19

weather Weirdness

These are mammatus clouds, a rare example of clouds forming on sinking rather than rising air currents. It is a common myth that these warn of an imminent funnel cloud or tornado, however, they are harmless. They are seen after the passage of a strong summer thunderstorm, after your garden has already been turned to coleslaw by hail. The hail missed us this time.

3 comments:

fishy said...

Hi,
I wandered over here after a visit to Aunty Belles Porch. About that weather, it must be nation wide weirdness not just regional. Posted about a microburst in my neighborhood. I get the coleslaw reference.

Aunty Belle said...

coleslaw--hehehe!

Becka said...

What a cool photo!