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Curious Clouds

  • Shelf Cloud

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    Shelf Cloud

    Approaching thunderstorm with lead gust front. Rain-cooled air from the storm moves out ahead of the storm. It ploughs under the warm moist air forming a flat "shelf cloud." Click to enlarge.

  • Globular Mammatus

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    Globular Mammatus

    Globular mammatus clouds with radar in foreground. Often associated with thunderstorms and severe weather. Click to enlarge.

  • More mammatus

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    More mammatus

    Globular mammatus clouds. These clouds are often associated with thunderstorms and severe weather. Click to enlarge.

  • The Anvil

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    The Anvil

    Towering cumulus. Mammatus clouds visible under the "anvil". Click to enlarge.

  • Thunderstorms Form

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    Thunderstorms Form

    Cumulonimbus (Thunderstorm) is shown forming in the background. Smaller low level "scud" appearing in foreground. Click to enlarge.

  • Tornado Next?

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    Tornado Next?

    Lowering wall cloud under main thunderstorm updraft. Tornadoes will generally form in and ground the wall cloud. Click to enlarge.

  • The Wall

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    The Wall

    Shown in the photograph is a wall cloud with tail cloud. Click to enlarge.

  • Supercell

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    Supercell

    Supercell - often associated with violent weather. Click to enlarge.

  • Blazing Sunset

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    Blazing Sunset

    Captured in this photo is a blazing sunset seen near Throckmorton, Texas. Click to enlarge.

  • Thickness in the Air

    NOAA Photo Library

    Thickness in the Air

    Thick wave clouds are captured over Mt. Pisgah. Click to enlarge.

  • Somewhere over the Rainbow

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    Somewhere over the Rainbow

    Stunning photo of a rainbow with a reflection over an Oklahoma Wheatfield. Click to enlarge.

  • Thunderstorm Anvil

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    Thunderstorm Anvil

    A thunderstorm anvil at sunset. Click to enlarge.

  • Turbulent Clouds

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    Turbulent Clouds

    Turbulent gust front clouds. Click to enlarge.

  • Altocumulus Clouds

    NOAA/Ralph F. Kresge

    Altocumulus Clouds

    Altocumulus clouds in the sky. Click to enlarge.

  • Wispy Cirrus Clouds

    NOAA/Ralph F. Kresge

    Wispy Cirrus Clouds

    Cirrus clouds move across the sky. Click to enlarge.

  • Clouds from Above

    NOAA Photo Library

    Clouds from Above

    Towering cumulus clouds as seen from above. Click to enlarge.

  • On the Horizon

    NOAA Photo Library

    On the Horizon

    Above the stratocumulus looking at multi-layers of clouds. Click to enlarge.

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