r/maryland • u/Secret_Poet7340 • 1d ago

Never seen a pileus cloud in the State of Maryland before!

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It's about to get ugly here in MOCO County

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u/disableddoll 1d ago

So other commenters don’t have to google it to see how cool what OP captured really is. Also called a cap cloud, it is a lens-shaped cloud that forms over rapidly rising cumulus or cumulonimbus clouds

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u/Secret_Poet7340 22h ago

Yeah, but this one is completely separate from the developing thunderstorm and in Maryland! It was so cool to see it in real life.

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u/TrackingTenCross1 1d ago

Well that’s incredible. Send that over to Doug Kammerer and you may get your photo on the news!

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u/Ok_Finding_1369 1d ago

I'll try it.

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u/Noof42 Washington Capitals 1d ago

Hang on, lemme Google something.

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u/Noof42 Washington Capitals 1d ago

Yeah, that's awesome.

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u/teddykaygeebee 1d ago

If there's a pileus cloud, does that mean there's going to be bad weather like what rolled through this evening?

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u/Ok_Finding_1369 12h ago

I was expecting all he.l to break out, but nothing....weird..

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u/jgroves76 15h ago

Saw that!

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u/Sleep_on_Fire 14h ago

I did too! Took some time lapses.

https://reddit.com/link/pham7lq/video/9nm9k936w0wh1/player

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u/Ok_Finding_1369 12h ago

Thank you! I was hoping someone set up a camera to catch it!

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u/Sleep_on_Fire 11h ago

It was gorgeous.

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u/MerLunder 1d ago

My thick rope hammock and its heavy metal stand got knocked over...hold on to your hats!

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u/Competitive-Air-6507 14h ago

In moco before the storm

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u/Glass-March-176 14h ago

Marylanders: please refrain from shooting at the visitors' ship

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u/ComprehensiveCup7104 1d ago

... that global warming isn't driving catastrophic climate change, but we know better.

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u/lioncoffee 23h ago

That's cool!

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u/solidrock80 8h ago

I saw it too. I realized it was rare but had no idea. Thanks b