Looks rather threatening, eh what? by goodoleboy
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Another capture of nature's hijinks over Southern California in early December 2005.
My research indicates these are cumulonimbus clouds. The higher wispier clouds in the far background are of the altocumulus and cirrocumulus variety.
No rain resulted from all this because the air mass was stable with virtually no moisture. In medical terms, these bulging low hangers would be labeled as in a state of "false labor," with nary any water behind all that posturing. In this case, the bark is worse than the bite.
Comments (5)
MrsLubner
In California a sky like this means something... but back home on the Gulf Coast, all this means is its another day and if you stand still for five minutes it will all be different... :-) Nice sky.
aangus
Hmmm.. I'd get the washing in anyway!
goodoleboy
You're half right, MrsLubner. Although you rarely ever see anything like this down in the coastal areas of Southern California, where this photo was taken, this scene is rather common up around our foothills and mountains. We often experience widely varying weather patterns within just a few miles of each other, i.e., cloudbursts and flooding in the nearby foothills; abundant sunshine in the city, all at the same time.
jocko500
love that red roof and the storm clouds ; cool looking
gingerlou
Neat capture, looks like you were real close to those clouds when you took the photo. :)))