Mamma

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Lobes or pouches of cloud which hang down from the base of a cloud. The name comes from the latin mamma which means breast.

Mammatus clouds are normally associated with severe Cumulonimbus (Cb) clouds and are indicative of Wind Shear.

Mammatus clouds photographed over Italy by Martino Invernici