Cool air moving across Arctic sea ice gives rise to long parallel bands of cumulus clouds over the Norwegian Sea.
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Cold and dry air from Siberia typically produce this cloud formation over the sea from November through January.
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An uncommon display of cloud streets formed off of the northern coast of Australia.
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Cloud streets form thousands of feet above the Earth’s surface.
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Cool air blowing southward across the sea ice and over the comparatively warmer open water produced long, parallel bands of cumulus clouds.
Parallel rows of clouds can stretch for hundreds of kilometers over the open ocean.
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Cold winds blowing over the sea helped form rows of cumulus clouds.
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Cold air moving over relatively warm ocean water produced a pattern of clouds that lined up in organized rows.
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The Aqua satellite captured this image of cloud streets over the Black Sea in January 2015.
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Cold air blowing between warmer water and warm upper-level air masses can produce long lines of cumulus clouds.
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Most of us prefer our winter roads free of ice, but some cloud formations depend on it.
The Sea of Okhotsk is a winter ice factory and a year-round cloud factory.
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