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Storm system with what appears to be falling snow near Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Altocumulus lenticularis that appears to also be producting precipitation, as viewed from a hotel room in Las Vegas, Nevada, US
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Storm system with heavy precipitation over Mercogliano, Italy
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Storm system accompanied by an adventurous surfer, off of the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
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An early afternoon storm system coming in from the west, near Moiese, Montana, US
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Two sandstone cloudspotters discussing the weather, as Paul observed, in this photograph of a storm system in the distance, near Bluff, Utah, US
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A storm system with what appears to be a microburst occurring close to shore, spotted near Boca Raton, Florida, US
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Arcus, also known as a Shelf Cloud, is a long, dark, horizontal roll or shelf running along the base of the storm cloud’s front edge, so it is the first cloud feature to arrive as the storm approaches an area. This storm system was spotted over Danforth, Ontario, Canada.
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Storm system near College Station, Texas, US
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Lacunosus over Ningbo, China
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Cumulus congestus, with both virga and falling precipitation in the distance, spotted over Taipei, Taiwan
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Arcus, also known as a Shelf Cloud, ahead of a storm over Vakaloa, Tonga
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Pannus, which is a type of stratus fractus, seen here in the saturated atmosphere below towering cumulus congestus, as viewed above Sagres, Algarve, Portugal
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Falling precipitation within a view that reminded Ruth of a waterfall, as seen in the early evening near Charlo, Montana, US
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A ring of cumulus congestus as viewed from the ferry from Punterenas to the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
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Arcus, also known as a shelf cloud, spotted near Red Bud, Illinois, US
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