NORFOLK, Va. — Did you look at the sky on Monday as the severe storms exited the region? If you did, you might have been treated to a really cool and not-too-common sight in our area: mammatus clouds!

What are those oddly beautiful but scary clouds that hang down from thunderclouds at times?.....Likely mammatus clouds. They generate a ton of excitement on social media and are somewhat of a ...

So what are mammatus clouds? And what do they signal is coming? Mammatus clouds often form on the base of storm clouds but can be associated with other types of clouds as well. NOAA describes them as ...

Thunderstorms form due to rapidly rising air. At the top of the storm, the air diverges, which is why you get that anvil shape in some of the more intense cells. Mature stage of a thunderstorm Within ...

Mammatus clouds form on the high, overhanging portion of thunderstorm clouds. They look like they are bubbling downward. Mammatus happen in different thunderstorms at any time of the day but they are ...

Last week our viewers were sending us wonderful pictures of some strange looking clouds across the area. They look like snowballs in the clouds or like a cow’s udder. But what exactly are they? They ...

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These stunning pictures show a 100-mile (160km) long cloud that looks just like bubble wrap blanketing the sky. Hundreds of round 'balls' of cloud are seen hanging at sunset, during a storm in the US.

Check out this incredible and unusual cloud formation. These mammatus clouds were spotted in the skies above Forney, Texas. They might look soft and fluffy, but these sorts of clouds usually mean a ...