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!

Scattered showers and thunderstorms passing through Texas on Friday, August 23, created a striking scene. Bulbous mammatus clouds, like celestial cotton, blushed with an orange hue as the setting sun ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mother Nature delivered a treat on Sunday evening for those who looked up at the sky. No, that wasn't cotton candy up there; after brutal thunderstorms, the rain made way for some gorgeous pink, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to cool cloud formations, mammatus clouds rank high. They’re a favorite with KSAT Connect users who sometimes call them bubble clouds or cotton ball clouds. They were actually named for ...

Looking up at the sky might seem like a simple pastime, but for those who know what to watch for, clouds tell stories that ...