I remember seeing anvil clouds — or "thunderheads" as we called them — when I lived down south, but I had just never seen those distinct horizontal bands before.
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I remember seeing anvil clouds — or "thunderheads" as we called them — when I lived down south, but I had just never seen those distinct horizontal bands before.
What I think is happening is, the horizontal bands are cirrus or cirrostratus -- that means there is moisture up there very high, but there may not be enough lower down to sustain a real thunderhead -- so there's moisture getting hot and going up higher, but not enough to get things really moving.