Just before the rains there are cotton like clouds

July 16, 2023 8:45pm CST
Near the coastal areas in the monsoon season there are a lot of rains. Just before the rains there are a lot of cotton like clouds. It makes the sky look fairyland. There is clear indication that these clouds are going to bring a lot of rain.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137463)
• United States
17 Jul 23
White clouds here rarely have rain falling from them. It's usually dark clouds that rain.
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Laura
@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
17 Jul 23
I've observed here too it's rare but the dark grey clouds do being the rains
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (19663)
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18 Jul 23
thanks DE the dark nimbus clouds are mixed in the white cumulous clouds
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137463)
• United States
18 Jul 23
@sathviksouvik I see... I don't pay a lot of attention until after we start getting thunder, lightning and rain. Then there are usually no white clouds at all.
Leighnyork Nyakundi Makori
@leighnyork (1880)
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17 Jul 23
Such clouds are often an indication of unstable atmospheric conditions
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Laura
@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
17 Jul 23
Oooh I never knew that thanks for the info
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Laura
@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
19 Jul 23
@leighnyork thanks happy Wednesday and stay safe ahead of the protests
Leighnyork Nyakundi Makori
@leighnyork (1880)
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18 Jul 23
@Laurakemunto you are welcome
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139782)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Jul 23
The clouds here are dark when it is going to rain.
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Jul 23
I'm glad you're getting rain.
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Jul 23
@sathviksouvik You're welcome.
Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (19663)
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18 Jul 23
thanks Valerie it is full monsoon now in Calcutta
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Laura
@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
17 Jul 23
What of the silver grey clouds? The nimbus? Strato nimbus? If I can remember from my geography
Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (19663)
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18 Jul 23
yes Laura cumulous and stratus and nimbus clouds
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Laura
@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
19 Jul 23
@sathviksouvik am glad atleast am still learning and remembering them
M Cheung
@Beestring (14674)
• Hong Kong
17 Jul 23
Lovely clouds. Here, the clouds are dark before rain.
Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (19663)
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18 Jul 23
thanks Cheung the clouds are amazing
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