Who else LOVES mammatus clouds?! 😍☁️ Have you ever seen these jaw-dropping formations light up the sky? These puffy, otherworldly clouds usually form under the anvil of a thunderstorm, signaling intense weather nearby. They’re created by sinking air, which is the opposite of how most clouds form—how cool is that?! Pure sky art right here. 🌪️✨ #MammatusClouds #SkyChasers #WeatherObsessed #NatureAtItsBest #StormChasing | Ricky Forbes

This impressive time-lapse of a cumulonimbus cloud was captured by Ben Hales (@boops_333 on Instagram) over Melbourne, Victoria on Wednesday. Cumulonimbus are the largest cloud of all. They form in the lower layer of the atmosphere (below 2.5 km) but extend through all three layers right to the top of the atmosphere (up to 16 km high)—often with 'anvil tops'. These cauliflower-shaped clouds are also known as thunderstorm clouds, producing thunder and lightning. Learn more about clouds: http://ow

This TUESDAY TIME LAPSE of Chicago's weather is QUITE SOMETHING! Watching summerlike clouds develop is fascinating. The summer atmosphere is motivated to produce the towering array of cumulus clouds we see by the presence of warmth and humidity! The video captures the Tuesday's cottony summer cumulus clouds boiling vertically through the atmosphere as daytime heating increases the buoyancy of the air. Buoyant air wants to rise--and you see that happening here and reflected in the cloud developme