What are these clouds called?

[elleng]

[bbernardini]

1. Arthur. nt

[elleng]

3. LOLOLOLO!!!!

OR cirrocumulus stratiformis???

[texasfiddler]

2. Kind of look like Stratus to me. I'm not a meteorologist, but I have stayed at a Holiday Inn. NT

[elleng]

4. Getting close, fiddler!

[mitch96]

5. mammatus I believe

https://earthsky.org/earth/mammatus-clouds-best-photos-and-info/
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[elleng]

11. Thanks

[Karadeniz]

14. That's what I thought. They look like mammae (breasts).

[ShazzieB]

6. I don't know what do you think? 😉

[elias7]

7. That looks like a mackerel sky - cirrocumulus (high alt) or altocumulus (medium alt)

[Rebl2]

10. Agreed

I looked it up.

[elleng]

12. Sounds good!

[pnwest]

15. They are either cirro- or altocumulus depending on how high they are in

the atmosphere, and supposedly they are a harbinger of prolonged rain or snow.

[Atticus]

8. "Buttermilk Sky" nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. I call them Beautiful! n/t

[randr]

13. Heavenly mogols

[Tree-Hugger]

16. Not mammatus

These are likely altocumulus clouds. They may also be cirocumulus. Altos are more common and hang out lower than their cirro friends. To me, these look mid-level, which is where the altos hang out.

Mammatus clouds wouldn't show breaks and blue sky. They are "heavy" and rounded, like a whole Lotta boobs hanging over you. They can be attached to a few different types of clouds, but it's most common to see them on a cumulonimbus cloud aka a thunderstorm. They typically pop up as a storm is passing along or as it becomes weaker. Sometimes they show up ahead of a storm, but that's less common.

[3Hotdogs]

17. Buttermilk. Herring bone.