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The friendliest marina on Lake St. Clair!

SOUTH CHANNEL YACHT CLUB

"Close & Easy Access to Muscamoot Bay, Gull Island,
& the Sandy Beaches of Seaway Island"

145 protected deep water wells up to 70' on
Harsen's Island. Bring your dinghy and explore the

protected "back country" of the bays. Spend the
weekend relaxing and BBQing with your boat club.
Reservations are welcomed so call early for availability!

~ Call us for great seasonal rates ~

~ www.scyc.net ~

See Page 50 for
Amenities & Coordinates

Contact our friendly
dockmistress Shirley
for information at
810.748.3535 or email:

shirley@scyc.net

Were you on northern An- expectedly. If you were here, you severe thunderstorms that at the
chor Bay last 4th of July weekend witnessed this rare cloud formation same time are dropping large hail
in a gigantic hail storm and high and the unusually orangish brown (Yes that was us) and unleashing 60-
winds...you’d remember this one 70 mph bursts of wind (Yes that was
if you were! A severe thin line of ss uomnseetti.mMes afomrmmonatthue sbacclkosiudedosf us).
violence came suddenly and un- According to Weather.com

for the scientific explanation... Mam- clouds form when the updraft is very ward bulges.
matus clouds form downward from moist, and spreads out large quanti- Despite a myth some people
the base of the thunderstorm anvil, ties of ice crystals into the anvil. As have heard, these mammatus clouds
in which air spreads out horizontally these ice crystals fall out of the base do not continue downward to become
away from the updraft. Mammatus of the anvil, they begin to "evapo- tornadoes. They also don't guarantee
rate." Technically the term for this a tornado will form from the thunder-
process is "sublimate", as they go storm. But they do signify an intense
from ice to vapor. This cools the air thunderstorm that is usually capable
and creates small downdrafts. These of some form of severe weather or
downdrafts create the downward flash flooding.
bulges that characterize the mamma-
tus clouds. Before long the ice crys- Have trouble remembering cloud
tals all sublimate. At that point the air names? Mammatus comes
stops sinking and begins to rise back
up in the clefts between those down- from the latin mamma, which
refers to the resemblance of a
woman’s breast or an udder.

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