The good news is that you don\u2019t have to travel the world to see them. There are plenty of awe-inspiring weather phenomena to see right here in the UK. If the conditions are right, just take a closer look at the skies and the air around you next time you\u2019re in the great outdoors: you might be surprised at what you\u2019ve been missing.<\/p>\n
Meteorologists and journalists John Hammond and Sara Thornton highlight\u00a012 of the weirdest weather phenomena to look out for in the UK.<\/p>\n You may also like:<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> Take a look at these looming, upside-down bubbles of cloud hanging from a dark sky. These are mammatus clouds \u2013 protruding lobes often found suspended\u00a0from thunderclouds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Thunderstorms occur when air rises rapidly up through the atmosphere, forming the familiar cumulonimbus, from which heavy rain and hail often form.<\/p>\n But all that rising air has to go somewhere, and as it spreads out at the top of the storm, it begins to descend on either side. Each bulge of mammatus forms as this cold, dense air falls earthwards, dragging the moisture it holds with it. As it does so, the air warms and the moisture evaporates, marking the bottom of the cloud.<\/p>\n Guaranteed to take your breath away, as will the intense cold that accompanies it, diamond dust can only be seen on the very coldest days; pictures of it occuring in the UK are rare, so here\u2019s a shot of the same phenomenon in Norway.<\/p>\n When temperatures are just below freezing, the air can still hold super-cooled water droplets. Snow crystals \u2018feed\u2019 on these drops of moisture and snowflakes eventually form and fall. However, when the air is extremely cold, there\u2019s not enough moisture in the air, so, instead, crystals of ice form out of an otherwise clear, blue sky. The ice slowly floats towards the ground and is lit up by the sun\u2019s rays, giving a colourful twinkling effect like diamonds hanging in the air.<\/p>\n12 types of strange weather phenomena<\/h2>\n
Mammatus clouds<\/h3>\n
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