Perfect anvil thunderstorm

[davidc4430]

what an amazing sight.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-02/perfect-anvil-thunderstorm-sparks-adelaide-interest/8319480

couldnt see it from where i am though.

[kopenhagen5]

WWWWWOWWWWW 

Never seen anything like it.

[peteepie]

It's the end of the world!

No wait, it's just a normal Adelaide Thursday

[tasfleur]

Same thing happened here late this afternoon/tonight, quite extraordinary!

[chameleon54]

I was out fencing in a vineyard in the Adelaide hills today and saw the formation. It was quite spectacular. I thought maybe Trump had finally pressed the button as it looked a bit like an atomic bomb cloud.

[ecar3483]

I've been looking for faces in the clouds, in the article.

In the fifth photo down, just to the left of centre, at the bottom of the cloud - there's a LOLCat...!

🙂

[kopenhagen5]

I thought that was a gnome sitting under a mushroom. 

Anyone know why it's called an anvil thunderstorm ?

[springyzone]

Excellent. Would have loved to have seen it.

[chameleon54]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

I thought that was a gnome sitting under a mushroom. 

Anyone know why it's called an anvil thunderstorm ?

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The main cloud had a thin base and it then spread out at the top, possibly trapped by temperature inversion. If this is the case, I would expect the cloud could often be pointy at the ends like an anvil, although that was not how this cloud formed.

[go-tazz]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

I thought that was a gnome sitting under a mushroom. 

Anyone know why it's called an anvil thunderstorm ?

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http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_is_an_anvil_cloud.htm

http://thevane.gawker.com/explaining-anvils-the-incredible-cloud-formations-that-1705864456