Hodgepodge Today: Last Nor'easter Look, California Twister, Weird Amsterdam Clouds

Now that the huge megastorm is pulling away from Atlantic Canada, I've just got a hodgepodge of stuff to show you this morning, just for fun.

One last photo for you of that massive storm off the
U.S. East Coast yesterday.  

The first photo in this post is one last satellite photo of that huge Atlantic storm, just, from a weather geek's perspective, it's incredible and beautiful.

Next, we had a couple tornadoes touch down in California, near Sacramento. While California isn't exactly Tornado Alley, they do get them from time to time.

The two confirmed tornado touchdowns yesterday caused minor damage.

There were also many reports of funnel clouds and hail near Sacramento.

Today, that storminess moves out into the middle of the nation. There might be a few severe thunderstorms and maybe a couple of tornadoes around Missouri and Arkansas, which is what you might expect this time of year.

A tornado near Sacramento, Calif. yesterday.   

Finally, the last photo shows some weird clouds over Amsterdam, The Netherlands. They're mammatus clouds, often attached to strong and severe thunderstorms.

The weird thing about these clouds is how big they are. They clouds usually have small lumps and bumps.

But still pretty neat, eh?

Menacing mammatus clouds over Amsterdam, the Netherlands,
from Govet/Reisling via @Anthonywx on Twitter.