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MAMMATUS CLOUDS Mammatus clouds can create quite the sight in the sky. They form the same way a typical funnel cloud does, with sinking air.

In this case on Tuesday October 23, 2018, the mammatus clouds occurred on the flank of a round of thunderstorms that rolled through the Capital Region during the late afternoon and early evening.

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Weather What are mammatus clouds? Strange cloud formation seen over the skies of Hampton Roads They are not a type of cloud on their own, but rather a feature that appears on a "parent" cloud.

Mammatus clouds typically form beneath the anvil of a cumulonimbus cloud. And unlike most other clouds, which develop as a result of rising air, mammatus clouds actually form from sinking air.

Some viewers may have seen mammatus clouds on the backside of the storms that rolled through yesterday evening, let's take a quick look at how those interesting cloud structures form.

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.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms passing through Texas on Friday, August 23, created a striking scene. Bulbous mammatus clouds, like celestial cotton, blushed with an orange hue as the setting ...

From towering cumulonimbus clouds that signal severe thunderstorms to the eerie, pouch-like mammatus clouds often associated with turbulent weather, each cloud formation carries unique information.

Mammatus clouds resemble large pillowy cotton balls, but are associated with severe storms and traditionally don't last very long in the sky, perhaps 15 minutes or so.