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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nismok" data-source="post: 9954023" data-attributes="member: 109094"><img src="http://www.blogto.com/upload/2011/04/2011423-roll-cloud2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A rare <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcus_cloud#Roll_cloud" target="_blank">roll cloud</a> was spotted over Toronto yesterday evening. We don't normally post about weather — unless <a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2009/08/massive_storm_hits_toronto_tornados_reported_across_gta/" target="_blank">it's extreme</a>  — but given how spooky-looking these things are, I'll break that rule.  Formed by downdrafts associated with thunderstorms, these clouds detach  from those around them and appear to "roll" slowly around a horizontal  axis. Although they look like tornadoes turned horizontal, they're not  actually dangerous (nor will they suddenly turn vertical). Nevertheless, they're damn cool looking. That is all.  <img src="http://www.blogto.com/upload/2011/04/2011423-roll-cloud.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Update (April 24th):   Here are some very cool photos from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86136064@N00/5644216495/in/photostream" target="_blank">Billybee57</a> on Flickr, who caught the cloud just as it arrived at Toronto's skyline.   <img src="http://www.blogto.com/upload/2011/04/2011424-roll-cloud-update.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.blogto.com/upload/2011/04/2011424-roll-cloud-update2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Photos one and two by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41766965@N00/5644359097/in/pool-26909951@N00/" target="_blank">dieburg401</a> and Jim Bartlett, respectively.</blockquote>

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