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Can anyone tell me the name of the sort of cloud we had here in Kent
recently. Looks a bit like an anvil thunderhead, very white flat top, with
what looks like a "waterfall" falling out of the bottom. Inverted triangle
in overall shape, often the wind sheers the falling ice crystals to one side
making a few of these things look almost artificial or even "angelic" Made
me think of the alien in The Abyss.

Any ideas? trying to describe it to someone and a picture would really
help. Been looking through cloud galleries all morning..

Les

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Les Hemmings wrote:
Can anyone tell me the name of the sort of cloud we had here in Kent
recently. Looks a bit like an anvil thunderhead, very white flat top, with
what looks like a "waterfall" falling out of the bottom. Inverted triangle
in overall shape, often the wind sheers the falling ice crystals to one side
making a few of these things look almost artificial or even "angelic" Made
me think of the alien in The Abyss.

Any ideas? trying to describe it to someone and a picture would really
help. Been looking through cloud galleries all morning..

Les


Orphan Anvil with virga trails, cirrus s****atus. Cb anvils usually take
longer to evaporate / sublimate into the clear air than the rest of the
cloud as they're made of ice.

http://llandru.servehttp.com/cpg135/...album=1&pos=23

There's stacks more in the photo gallery, select weather and cloud
photographs from uksevereweather.org.uk ...

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How about Cumulonimbus with Anvil extension of cirrus.
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Can anyone tell me the name of the sort of cloud we had here in Kent
recently. Looks a bit like an anvil thunderhead, very white flat top,
with what looks like a "waterfall" falling out of the bottom. Inverted
triangle in overall shape, often the wind sheers the falling ice
crystals to one side making a few of these things look almost
artificial or even "angelic" Made me think of the alien in The Abyss.

Any ideas? trying to describe it to someone and a picture would
really help. Been looking through cloud galleries all morning..

Les

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Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
His name shall be The Flying Spaghetti Monster!
http://www.venganza.org/index.htm
Epicurus


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Les Hemmings wrote:
Can anyone tell me the name of the sort of cloud we had here in Kent
recently. Looks a bit like an anvil thunderhead, very white flat top, with
what looks like a "waterfall" falling out of the bottom. Inverted triangle
in overall shape, often the wind sheers the falling ice crystals to one side
making a few of these things look almost artificial or even "angelic" Made
me think of the alien in The Abyss.

Any ideas? trying to describe it to someone and a picture would really
help. Been looking through cloud galleries all morning..

Les


An informal name would be an Expiring Cu-nim, or, in Monty
Python mode, a Late Cu-nim, only there because it's been nailed to the
tropopause. There were a number seen here yesterday afternoon.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

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Try here also, although I think Les has already 'got it in one':

http://www.wolkenatlas.de/

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Tudor Hughes wrote:
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Les


An informal name would be an Expiring Cu-nim, or, in Monty
Python mode, a Late Cu-nim, only there because it's been nailed to the
tropopause. There were a number seen here yesterday afternoon.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.



It is a dead cunimb. An ex-cunimb. It's expired. It is no more. It's
gone to meet it's maker.... it's nailed to the trop...

I'll let myself out..



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