A Roll Cloud Over Missouri

What kind of cloud is this? A roll cloud. These rare long clouds may form near
advancing cold fronts. In particular, a downdraft from an advancing storm front
can cause moist warm air to rise, cool below its dew point, and so form a cloud.
When this happens uniformly along an extended front, a roll cloud may form. Roll
clouds may actually have air circulating along the long horizontal axis of the cloud.
A roll cloud is not thought to be able to morph into a tornado. Unlike a similar shelf
cloud, a roll cloud is completely detached from their parent cumulonimbus cloud.
Pictured above, a roll cloud extends far into the distance in the summer of 2005 above
Albany, Missouri, USA.