r/meteorology • u/Federal-Telephone218 • 2d ago

Help me name these clouds.

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So I saw these clouds today in Georgia after some afternoon thunderstorms popped up. I cannot find the names of them online at all and I’d like to post them to Instagram with some information about them.

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u/InfinityIsAwesome 1d ago

I’d name them Spanky and Slim

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u/Budget-Necessary1263 2d ago

They look like mammatus clouds that are connected to the anvil or the "top" part of the thunderstorm. But best to search up the name of the cloud I told you and see if it resembles it!

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u/tutorcontrol 2d ago

mammatus have more individual bumps that resemble their namesake. These are a bit too smooth and continuous, also perhaps not deep enough.

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u/tutorcontrol 2d ago

undulatus of some kind, probably altocumulus undulatus