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A storm system on the horizon during what Kay said was a wild weather day for the entire coast, with high surf warnings and unseasonably warm temperatures. A great place for cloudspotting, as Kay and her friend, another CAS member, Helen Shorten, were adding clouds into Kay's Cloud Collector Handbook, as spotted near Tilba Tilba on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia
An impressive view of a developing cumulonimbus from the top of the Partenio mountains looking towards the top of Monte Stella twenty kilometers away, spotted in Italy.
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A plethora of storm development as seen while flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Medan in Sumatra, Indonesia
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Cumulus congestus spotted above the mountains at the eastern end of Lake Geneva, Evian les Bains, France
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Storm system with what appears to be falling snow near Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Taking a bite out of the cumulus congestus above the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana, US
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Large storm system near Brighton, Colorado, US
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Cumulus and Stratocumulus sharing the sky over Jiangxi, China
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Storm system viewed at sunset over Chongqing, China
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Cumulus congestus as seen from above the clouds, via this view of Monte Antelao from Monte Cernera, Dolomites, Italy
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Mamma (Mammatus) clouds following a thunderstorm over Kalken, Belgium
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Storm system near Sao Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
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Cumulus congestus building into a storm at the outset of the monsoon season near Silver City, New Mexico, US
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Twin storm development near Kemerovo, Russia
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Cumulus congestus rising up, and through, a thin layer of Stratocumulus near the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve, Manitoba, Canada
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A developing cumulonimbus disguised as a "camel", as Keimpe describes, near Diever, Netherlands.
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