© Antonio J. Galindo
Mota del Cuervo, 16630, Cuenca, Spain
Latitude: 39° 30' 9'' N
Longitude: 2° 51' 23'' W
16 June 2014 2056 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards E
Image P/S code: P.10.0
Image I.D.: 5993
CL = 9, CM = 6, CH = 0
This is a dense of cloud of considerable vertical extent. It is a low-level cumuliform cloud as it has a nearly horizontal base that is close to the ground, sharp outlines, brilliant white sunlit parts and bulging upper parts resembling a cauliflower.
The genus is identified as Cumulonimbus as it has an upper portion that has cirriform parts of clearly fibrous structure (species capillatus), which in this case are in the shape of an anvil (supplementary feature incus).
There is an extensive field of mamma on the under surface of the anvil on the northern side. Closer to the cell, the mamma pouches hang to a considerable depth. There is also evidence of mamma forming on the under surface of the anvil on the southern side.
A Cumulus mediocris cell is transitioning to congestus and in the foreground there are very ragged Cumulus mediocris cells with irregular bases. These cells have been sheared by strong winds. Fragments of Cumulus fractus are also present, as are patches of Altocumulus formed from the spreading of parts of Cumulonimbus.
Overshooting tops of can be seen in two places. The Cumulonimbus was identified as a supercell and was part of a complex of cells that produced large, damaging hailstones.
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Broad, weak low pressure system over Spain and trough south-east of Mota del Cuervo
The sounding from 130 km to the north-north-west shows a super adiabatic layer close to the surface, which is unstable up to a slight inversion at 737 hPa (around 2 700 m).
The EUMETSAT infrared image shows an area of Cumulonimbus cells that are close to the north-east through to the east and distant to the south-west and to the south.