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mammatus clouds?

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  • 01-07-2011 9:31am
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    chubster
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    Hey, I'm new in this forum, and quite new to boards generally...
    Thought you might be interested in seeing these pics which I took recently after a MASSIVE thunderstorm!
    I think they are mammatus... They lasted about 10 mins and then dissapated. My face was like :eek: for those 10 mins!
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    fizzycyst
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    They are really something I have to say, where were they taken?


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    markfla
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    Just found a new wallpaper for my phone, cool!


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    chubster
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    Pics were taken last Tuesday just outside Maastricht in Holland...

    The thunderstorm was intense with lots of fork lightening... Temperature before the storm was 38C and afterwards about 18C!

    They forecast 5cm diameter hail-stones too! Luckily they didn't materialise!


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    Lady_North1
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    Wow, amazing clouds....


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    Iancar29
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    I knew that couldnt have been in Ireland...

    THey usually only form to this extent the stronger the thunderstorm is.

    BUt ye, thats some shot! :)

    Heres one of mine while flying into Dallas DFW :)


    Ive seen them in Finglas for the first time ever the week b4 i took this shot but its not good quality compared to this one :)


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    muckish
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    Saw these over Letterkenny in April. Are they Mammatus clouds?
    5891919302_3899423aef.jpg

    They were part of this overall system
    5891920202_600ef2dd68.jpg

    There were 2 patches of cloud that looked like mammatus clouds.


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    Iancar29
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    muckish wrote: »
    Saw these over Letterkenny in April. Are they Mammatus clouds?
    5891919302_3899423aef.jpg

    They were part of this overall system
    5891920202_600ef2dd68.jpg

    There were 2 patches of cloud that looked like mammatus clouds.

    they are indeed !... thats the extent we would only hav them over here

    great capture! :)


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    Min
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    There was some of these clouds over east Kilkenny around 7pm. Obviously nowhere close to being as exaggerated as seen in the Netherlands.


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    weisses
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    Even in the Netherlands they are very rare ... But beautiful none the less :D

    The mammatus shown on pics from ireland are common enough here


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