Thunderstorm With Mammatus Clouds

Yesterday, we were sandwiched between two thunderstorms; one 20 miles directly south and the other about 20 miles to the east. The back end of the storm to the east had cloud cover that reached overhead, with distinct mammatus clouds, accompanied by a curving cloud on the back end. We could see the storm to the south peeking below the high clouds from the storm to the east, and it was as surreal sight to say the least. Here are a few photos.

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Mammatus Clouds Signal Severe Weather

Many severe storms (along with reported funnel clouds) moved through northern Ohio yesterday afternoon. We were on the northern edge of the first wave of storms with tornado warnings just south. Mammatus clouds, which are indicative of the violent weather, formed on the northern edge of the storm as it passed overhead. Here is a photo.

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Mammatus Clouds and Pink Rainbows

There were large thunderstorm systems that came through the area on Saturday night and Sunday night. They were both good opportunities to get some interesting cloud pictures. One picture (below) was taken of forming mammatus clouds. The other big bonus was a very late evening rainbow, which occurred at 9:00 PM ET, probably the latest I have ever seen a rainbow form. As the sun was just at the horizon, the sky and the dull rainbow carried a very pink cast (photo below). For a weather watcher like me, it was an interesting sight to see. Check out my blog home page for the latest information, here.