Very dark cloud spotted

[Marie Nicholls]

Hi everyone,

I spotted this cloud over the hills near where i live, any ideas on what I’m seeing here? It was really hard to capture the scale of it and darkness on camera.

it wasn’t raining when I took the photo and it hasn’t rained since although there have been localised showers throughout the day.

Thanks!

[Sarah Sturgis]

To me it looks like cumulus conjestus,  the darkness of it suggests a lot of cloud stack above.  Though it can’t be seen, I suspect a building cumulonimbus rises from the dark part.  I don’t see any spreading fine high clouds as from an anvil top.

[Marie Nicholls]

Thanks Sarah, that’s interesting. I find that sometimes it’s tricky to identify certain clouds when they are so big and you can’t see all of them like in photos you see if that makes sense!

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