Strange Clouds

A few years ago I seen some very strange clouds. I had never seen anything like this. If I can remember correctly, the temperature was in the low 70’s (f). These pictures were taken on 9/12/01.

http://civideo.com/weather/strangeclouds/

Darrell

it looks like to me that there is a very sharp cold contrast at the bottom of the main cloud “puff”:lol: , so at the top of the clouds it is raining, but a little below it enters a much drier and warmer area and evaporates! :smiley:

thats my idea 8)

Hi
i asked a meterologist, and this was the answer:

The tendrils hanging down are called virga — this time ist is a
shower of ice srystals that dissolve into the dry air as they fall…

The cirrus clouds are called cirrus floccus – if the cloud elemens were
less than one degree of arc wide then thay could maybe be called
cirrocumulus floccus.

So it is cirus floccus with virga . High cloud type 2.

:slight_smile:

great photos!!!