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The skies suggest threatening weather but nothing occurred. These clouds persisted for less than 20 minutes. Looks like mammatus formation but was probably just turbulence punching through a layer of altostratus.
A black and white edit of these clouds over the dead trees brought a little more drama to the scene. Happy Sliders Sunday
A nearly complete silver lining draws ones attention to intense crepuscular rays during some afternoon backlit buildups.
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Looking south toward San Pedro with Lake Marchado on the left. Photographed from the top of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Parking Structure.
High based towering cumulus with cirrocumulus above.
Time lapse of this event can be viewed at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMMw9S6dvyk
These lens shaped altocumulus clouds are often seen east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and are a sign of strong winds aloft.
Many times, cirrocumulus will lower to transition to altocumulus.
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Late afternoon (7:30PM) showers tried to developed but lower level air was very dry. Virga and some gusty winds was the best the atmosphere could deliver.
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