Terry Kern
EF0
Anybody been looking at the satellite loop late this morning and noon over N Texas and Louisiana? Unless there's some sort of glitch, there's some odd looking holes in the cirrus.
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North Texas Sat Loop Jan 29
- Thread starter Terry Kern
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Chris Vagasky
EF3
Terry Kern
EF0
Figured they were caused by aircraft in some way. Never seen something like that tho. Interesting stuff.
Jeff Snyder
EF5
Roger Edwards has a "Cool Images" page on the SPC website about something similar to this... See "X Marks the Distrail".
Alexandre Aguiar
It would be nice to see if the Terra/Acqua gets the formations over Texas. Some hole punch clouds:
From: http://www.jamesspann.com/pix/HolePunchCloud.jpg
From: http://www.moszer.net/images/weather/flag_pole1.JPG
From: http://www.shadowresearch.com/weather/skypunch.jpg
From: http://www.jamesspann.com/pix/HolePunchCloud.jpg
From: http://www.moszer.net/images/weather/flag_pole1.JPG
From: http://www.shadowresearch.com/weather/skypunch.jpg
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Marko Korosec
EF4
Pretty impressive thing. I've seen these things once, but never on satellites. Here is another sat pic awhile ago...
Alexandre Aguiar
Marko
I just save the same picture to blog on the hole punch clouds. By the way, I found a good material from NWS:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mob/121103hole_punch/holepunch-main.html
Let's see if Space Weather site (www.spaceweather.com) bring any picture from the ground in Texas. They usually publish images from these odd clouds. In November this kind of clouds were seen also in Wisconsin. Spaceweather.com from November 16th. has a picture gallery.
Alexandre
I just save the same picture to blog on the hole punch clouds. By the way, I found a good material from NWS:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mob/121103hole_punch/holepunch-main.html
Let's see if Space Weather site (www.spaceweather.com) bring any picture from the ground in Texas. They usually publish images from these odd clouds. In November this kind of clouds were seen also in Wisconsin. Spaceweather.com from November 16th. has a picture gallery.
Alexandre
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Scott Olson
EF5
The good stuff is now avaliable, very neat:
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/...2007029/AERONET_Stennis.2007029.aqua.500m.jpg
Better high-res focus:
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/...007029/AERONET_Stennis.2007029.terra.500m.jpg
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/...2007029/AERONET_Stennis.2007029.aqua.500m.jpg
Better high-res focus:
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/...007029/AERONET_Stennis.2007029.terra.500m.jpg
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Alexandre Aguiar
Good ? Extraordinary stuff !!! Picture of the day around the world !!! A medal to you Scott !!
Alexandre Aguiar
To add a little mistery in the whole story:
Cloud Formations Draw Interest
Meridian, Miss.
Reporter: Lindsey Brown
Email: [email protected]
On Monday, people from Mississippi to Texas reported seeing what they thought was a meteor flying through the sky.
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Jackson said the occurrence can be explained and it wasn't a meteor.
Instead they say airplane exhaust mixed with the precipitation to cause a hole in the clouds.
Capt. Jim Thornton of the Mississippi National Guard said he heard a loud sound, then looked up and saw the line through the sky.
"The only sound I heard was like a crack in the sky, and it continued north, just a matter of seconds. Most unbelievable thing I've ever seen in my life," said Thornton.
The National Weather Service calls the phenomenon "hole punch clouds."
Cloud Formations Draw Interest
Meridian, Miss.
Reporter: Lindsey Brown
Email: [email protected]
On Monday, people from Mississippi to Texas reported seeing what they thought was a meteor flying through the sky.
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Jackson said the occurrence can be explained and it wasn't a meteor.
Instead they say airplane exhaust mixed with the precipitation to cause a hole in the clouds.
Capt. Jim Thornton of the Mississippi National Guard said he heard a loud sound, then looked up and saw the line through the sky.
"The only sound I heard was like a crack in the sky, and it continued north, just a matter of seconds. Most unbelievable thing I've ever seen in my life," said Thornton.
The National Weather Service calls the phenomenon "hole punch clouds."
Darren Addy
EF5
Holes/streaks in the clouds from aircraft distrails?
This became aware of this via a post to the WX-CHASE mailing list this morning. Interesting stuff! The poster is interested in anyone in East Texas or Louisiana that may have photographed the clouds displaying these features on Jan. 29th. To see what in the heck I'm talking about, see this blog post.
This became aware of this via a post to the WX-CHASE mailing list this morning. Interesting stuff! The poster is interested in anyone in East Texas or Louisiana that may have photographed the clouds displaying these features on Jan. 29th. To see what in the heck I'm talking about, see this blog post.
