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Weather picture of the month September 2005 

 

 

Picture taken at Kampenhout on August 25 2005.

 

To describe clouds, one of the supplementary features is mamma or mammatus. They appear as hanging protuberances, like udders, under the surface of a cloud. It occurs mostly with Cirrus, Cirrostratus, Altocumulus, Altostratus and Cumulonimbus. They form when cool air sinks in warm humid air and thus condensates into clouds. Especially on a Cb this feature may result in fascinating proportions. 

The picture shows sunlit  mammae behind a weak thunderstorm clearing the area northeastwards. Precipitation produced even a piece of a double rainbow.



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