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 ...

and "beautiful." What types of clouds are mammatus typically associated with These cloud pouches are most often seen with cumulonimbus clouds, which produce strong storms.

No, that wasn't cotton candy up there; after brutal thunderstorms, the rain made way for some gorgeous pink, orange and golden cloud coverage.

Mammatus clouds Mammatus clouds filled the sky over Bucks County on Sunday night, June 30, 2024, giving a treat of orange and pink fluffy clouds and filling social media with the spectacular sky.

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.

Weather Your photos: Mammatus clouds spotted prior to Sunday's severe storms Mammatus clouds can form within the anvil (peak) of stronger thunderstorms Posted 1:27 a.m. May 5 - Updated 5:30 a.m. May 5 ...

Mammatus clouds derive their name from the Latin word mamma, meaning "udder" or "breast". They are not their own genus or variety of cloud, but rather a feature on a "parent" cloud.

YOUR PHOTOS: Rainbows, mammatus clouds seen after severe storms Tuesday by: Jaclyn Ramkissoon Posted: May 18, 2021 / 09:50 PM CDT Updated: May 18, 2021 / 09:50 PM CDT ...

Mammatus clouds are not commonly seen, but they were on display in amazing fashion throughout the area. For everyone wondering what they were seeing way up there, Pittsburgh's Action Weather ...

When it comes to cool cloud formations, mammatus clouds rank high. They’re a favorite with KSAT Connect users who sometimes call them bubble clouds or cotton ball clouds. They were actually ...

A covering of mammatus clouds made for a spectacular sunset in western Minnesota recently. Weather enthusiast Carol Bauer shot this video of the scene. She said she was in Graceville on July 27. Credi ...

Video: Mammatus Clouds Over Fort Worth April 7, 2014 / 7:12 PM CDT / CBS Texas As storms were approaching Fort Worth this evening there were beautiful mammatus clouds.