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A mammatus cloud is not a cloud characteristic of tornadoes, but it is often associated with severe thunderstorms. Mammatus clouds consist of small, smooth puffs of cloud that hand down from the base of a larger cloud, often the anvil of a thunderstorm.
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What planet are mammatus clouds on?
On Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
What is a dark cloud shaped like sagging pouches that often appear after a tornado called?
These sagging pouches are likely a type of cloud known as mammatus. Such clouds are not necessarily associated with tornadoes, but are a feature of thunderstorms. They are generally more common during severe storms.
How high are Mammatus clouds?
They form on the under side of mountains.
Which cloud is associated with severe weather?
Mammatus. Mammatus is cloud that hangs from an anvil of a mature storm cloud and brings severe weather especially tornadoes. Another one is called Cumulonimbus. These clouds bring VERY heavy rain or thunder storms.
Where does Mammatus cloud form?
Mammatus clouds form on the underside of a storm cloud and are most often associated with the anvil cloud that extends from a cumulonimbus. They have also been seen under altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds, as well as volcanic ash clouds.
What weather does a mammatus make?
Mammaus clouds are on the backsides of strong thunderstorms they are the key to knowing that a storm has passed.
What does a Mammatus cloud predict?
It predicts severe weather and its a low cloud(that is if you know what i mean by a low cloud haha)
How do Mammatus clouds form?
Hot air rising and sthen cools and sinks and forms udder like shaped clouds
Areas of descending air?
Mammatus clouds for in sinking air. (Ahrens 2008) Essentials of Meteorology Fifth Edition
When is a tornado considered a tornado?
A tornado is considered a tornado when it reaches the ground
Is the haboob tornado a tornado?
No, a haboob is not a tornado.
When does a tornado actually become a tornado?
A tornado becomes a tornado when the circulation reaches the ground.
