Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/10

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Subject: [Leica] Strange Clouds - LUG Meteorologists, please.
From: hlritter at mindspring.com (Howard L Ritter, Jr)
Date: Tue May 10 06:44:02 2005
References: <42806B6E.9060901@summaventures.com><000701c55563$e5392d20$3368010a@Secor> <0ED2F431-F664-4C92-8542-B14E28314618@earthlink.net>
 
Thanks, Will!

--howard
(NO AAuthority at all, just an amateur astronomer and skywatcher)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will von Dauster" <vondauster@earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Strange Clouds - LUG Meteorologists, please.


> Yes, these are mammatus clouds.
> 
> Will von Dauster
> (NOAA)
> 
> On May 10, 2005, at 7:26 AM, Howard L Ritter, Jr wrote:
> 
>> I believe these are "mammary" or mammatus clouds, formed by cold  
>> air sinking down from the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud in its  
>> actively forming phase. This means they're usually transient, as  
>> you observed. Were there cumulonimbus or storm clouds, better yet  
>> an anvil cloud, in the area at the time?
>>
>> --howard
In reply to: Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Strange Clouds - LUG Meteorologists, please.)
Message from hlritter at mindspring.com (Howard L Ritter, Jr) ([Leica] Strange Clouds - LUG Meteorologists, please.)
Message from vondauster at earthlink.net (Will von Dauster) ([Leica] Strange Clouds - LUG Meteorologists, please.)