Ken Cooke
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Jimena: Just north of Baja (Saturday Sept. 5th)
Unusual cloud formations in Ocotillo Wells, CA - ~40 mi. north of the Laguna Salada.
[img]http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/d/28400-2/9-5-09+008.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/d/28403-2/9-5-09+010.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/d/28412-2/9-5-09+012.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.justruns.com/gallery2/d/28418-2/9-5-09+017.jpg[/img]
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Mammatocumulus clouds
Those clouds are Mammatocumulus. They are typical of those seen when there is rotation in the atmosphere along with the lifting required to make
cumulus clouds....sometiimes these are precursors to a tornado.
If you are a pilot you don't fly anywhere near or under these things
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Ken Cooke
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They did make me imagine funnel clouds coming out of them. 
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Close Encounters of the 4th kind??????
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And right below those Mammatocumulus clouds are a fine example of cumulogranite clouds.
No soy por ni contra apatía.
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We get those all the time out here in Texas and no I wouldn't be flying a plane around them! In fact its usually a good time to get inside the house.
Interesting where the word mammatocumulus is derived from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammatus_cloud
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Ken, saw the same clouds from our place in East County, San Diego on Saturday. Made for a nice Eastern sunset. Did somebody say tornados?
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Don Jorge--you have a farm in ND too?
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by duke62
Ken, saw the same clouds from our place in East County, San Diego on Saturday. |
The flash flooding/mud they created in Ocotillo Wells was amazing. The slop was slippery and sticky under my tires. I could see a person getting
their 2WD, street tired vehicle stuck in the stuff. Lockers, 4WD and Mud-Terrain tires, no problem, but I don't like to push my luck.
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Ken Cooke
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...a few moments later
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David K
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Looks like Scissor's Crossing?
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Ken Cooke
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30 minutes later - in Ocotillo Wells
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Looks like Scissor's Crossing? |
No se, amigo...uh, Nomad.
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David K
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Scissors Crossing in the intersection of Hwy. 78 and County road S-2... in the San Felipe Valley... north of Agua Caliente.
From the air or on a map, it looks like a pair of scissors...
[Edited on 9-12-2009 by David K]
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