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Mammatus (MAMMA)
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Definition
Lobes or pouches of cloud which hang down from the base of a cloud. The name comes from the latin mamma which means breast.
Description
Mammatus clouds are normally associated with severe Cumulonimbus clouds and are indicitive of Wind Shear.
Mammatus clouds photgraphed over Italy by Martino Invernici