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 Interesting cloud formation in the netherlands 
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At 7.02 in the morning, looking west I saw the first cloud formation. It is red from the rising sun. The cloud dissipated quick. Then 2 and a half hours later a similar cloud formed at the same spot at 9.30 hours. A very interesting event for me. May be any of you have any idea.


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Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:10 am
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Para - we see these clouds all the time in my part of the world along the Texas Gulf Coast.

They are called cumulus clouds but, in Texas, we call them "thunderheads."

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Cumulus clouds are puffy clouds that sometimes look like pieces of floating cotton. The base of each cloud is often flat and may be only 1000 m (330 ft) above the ground. The top of the cloud has rounded towers. When the top of the cumulus resembles the head of a cauliflower, it is called cumulus congestus or towering cumulus. These clouds grow upward, and they can develop into a giant cumulonimbus, which is a thunderstorm cloud.


Read more at this link and photos, too: http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cumulus.html

And, yes, they can collapse (or disappear in your case) once they've expended all their energy.

Pretty freaky looking, right? :shock:

Everytime I see a really huge one, I hear the music tones from Close Encounters and expect to see a UFO land! :lol

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Bluebonnet,
Thank you for your explanation. We had some thunder and heavy rain after that.


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