Woah, impressive! And scary at the same time! I've never seen such clouds for real, only on pics, but I wish I could see them one day, because I'm incredibly fond of so fantastic looking weather phenomenons. Some of them are dangerous, but for some time now I'm fascinated by them and try to learn a bit more about the weather (if only meteorology wasn't so difficult...).
Aren't those Mammatus clouds connected with tornados? I hope nothing bad happened where you live! Lately, we also had quite a few tornados here in Germany. When I grew up, people said that tornados don't exist in Germany, but that's wrong. They are indeed rare, but they can happen. We have more of them these days, but I don't know if that is because the climate's changing, or if it just seems as if there are more just because they're better documented today because nearly everyone carries a camera around nowadays and can immediately start filming when something happens. The tornados here are of course much smaller than in the USA and dissolve much sooner, that's due to the climatic conditions and geological structures in Europe. But they're still impressive for us here. Personally, I still haven't seen a tornado yet, but I'd like to - from afar. :)
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Date: 2009-06-27 07:07 am (UTC)Aren't those Mammatus clouds connected with tornados? I hope nothing bad happened where you live!
Lately, we also had quite a few tornados here in Germany. When I grew up, people said that tornados don't exist in Germany, but that's wrong. They are indeed rare, but they can happen. We have more of them these days, but I don't know if that is because the climate's changing, or if it just seems as if there are more just because they're better documented today because nearly everyone carries a camera around nowadays and can immediately start filming when something happens. The tornados here are of course much smaller than in the USA and dissolve much sooner, that's due to the climatic conditions and geological structures in Europe. But they're still impressive for us here. Personally, I still haven't seen a tornado yet, but I'd like to - from afar. :)