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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed May 18, 2022, 04:48 PM May 2022

Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds (look like breaking waves)

Cool photo

Three different things in this photo from the Kansas Speedway Sunday caught my eye:

1) Greenish tinge to sky
2) Shelf cloud
3) Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds (look like breaking waves)


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Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds (look like breaking waves) (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 OP
Looks like a scene from "Independence Day." dchill May 2022 #1
Beautiful! Very Van-Goghian. n/t Hela May 2022 #2
Wowzers! Jilly_in_VA May 2022 #3
Saw clouds like this in Seattle once The Blue Flower May 2022 #4

The Blue Flower

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4. Saw clouds like this in Seattle once
Wed May 18, 2022, 06:26 PM
May 2022

There were maybe 10 of the "waves" on each side of a central break, facing in opposite directions. I was so sorry I didn't have a camera. I've never seen anything like it since. So glad to know they have a name. Is there any meteorological explanation for them?

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