Mammatus clouds and how they formed Monday night
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — It’s been a busy week of storms and severe weather in Oklahoma this week, with multiple tornadoes reported on both Monday and Wednesday. This is a shot from one of our storm chasers, Josh Lasater, as a tornado tore through the town of Seminole, OK on Monday evening.
Its not all bad though. After the storms passed through the metro, we had gorgeous mammatus clouds roll in over Oklahoma City as we neared sunset.
Mammatus clouds can often trail behind a storm system and signal that a thunderstorm is weakening. Downdrafts from the thunderstorms can lead to a meso-high pressure, or sinking air after the storms pass. Sinking air and heavier ice crystals within these clouds will pull the cloud down and give them this very unique memory foam look!
Keep an eye out for these after storms move through your hometown next time!
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