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Raymond Fries
10-05-2013, 3:03 PM
I have never seen a cloud like this before. I took the picture in front of my home.

Has anyone seen this or know what it is?


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Myk Rian
10-05-2013, 3:39 PM
Cumulonimbus anvil top.

Leo Graywacz
10-05-2013, 4:39 PM
Big storm a'comin

David Dockstader
10-05-2013, 5:10 PM
What Myk said - Anvil side of a thunderhead. That's the side that often has the hail in it. The hail may not reach the ground as such, but you don't want to fly your plane through it. DAMHIKT.

Steve Rozmiarek
10-05-2013, 5:51 PM
Yep, thats where hail comes from...

ray hampton
10-05-2013, 10:40 PM
Looks like another one behind and to the right, could this be a tornado

Raymond Fries
10-06-2013, 11:50 AM
I did not know that hail came from these. If one appears again, I better stay close to home instead of walking around with the camera.

Thanks for the info.

Myk Rian
10-06-2013, 3:39 PM
Big storm a'comin

Big ASS storm a'comin.

Bill Cunningham
10-10-2013, 9:58 PM
run!!! now

alex grams
10-13-2013, 8:08 PM
+1 to the big storm.

Growing up in Texas, there are several types of storm clouds you learn to notice.

Green light from clouds is a warning, along with mammatus clouds:

http://thefabweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/J9KwQ.jpg

JimT Thompson
10-13-2013, 11:23 PM
Great example of an anvil. I've been collecting cloud photos for years, been in lots of squalls when cumulonimbus collapsed, but never in the right place to a pic like that.

Jason Roehl
10-14-2013, 8:34 AM
+1 to the big storm.

Growing up in Texas, there are several types of storm clouds you learn to notice.

Green light from clouds is a warning, along with mammatus clouds:

http://thefabweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/J9KwQ.jpg

That has to be the coolest cloud/storm photograph I've ever seen. And I see from whence the name comes...

Raymond Fries
10-14-2013, 9:36 AM
Alex - that is some spookly looking sky. I have never seen a storm like that.

Jim - I can email you a full size pic if you would like it for your collection.

Malcolm Schweizer
10-14-2013, 10:02 AM
Alex, that is awesome! Can I get your permission to share this on my Facebook page? I have a lot of friends that are weather buffs like me.

Bill Cunningham
10-14-2013, 2:00 PM
+1 to the big storm.

Growing up in Texas, there are several types of storm clouds you learn to notice.

Green light from clouds is a warning, along with mammatus clouds:

http://thefabweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/J9KwQ.jpg

Wow.. This looks like the sky in the old Ghost Busters movie.. weird..