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A Rope Ahead of a Cold Front
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A Rope Ahead of a Cold Front

Downdrafts from thunderstorms sometimes fuel thin bands of cumulus clouds that race ahead of cold fronts.

Published Feb 13, 2016

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A Textbook Weather Front
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A Textbook Weather Front

A cold front, warm front, and high-pressure system left their signatures in the clouds.

Published Mar 9, 2020

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Cold Front, Warm Front
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Cold Front, Warm Front

This cut-away-view of two common weather patterns is providing insight that could improve your weather forecast.

Published May 13, 2011

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Derecho Strikes the Eastern United States
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Derecho Strikes the Eastern United States

Taken June 29, 2012, this photograph shows a shelf cloud on the leading edge of a violent storm system that blew across the eastern United States.

Published Jul 3, 2012

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O, What a Cloud
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O, What a Cloud

An open-celled cloud over the Pacific Ocean had a shape reminiscent of a certain circular letter of the alphabet.

Published Sep 27, 2014

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Raised by Fire, Felled by Ice
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Raised by Fire, Felled by Ice

Events on Earth’s surface can affect the development and shape of clouds in the sky.

Published Jan 3, 2017

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Wind Churns the Gulf of Mexico
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Wind Churns the Gulf of Mexico

Strong winds gusted over the Gulf of Mexico on December 16, 2007, and though the wind is invisible in these photo-like snapshots, its presence is written in the clouds and on the surface of the water.

Published Dec 19, 2007

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Curving Cloud Streets in Brazil
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Curving Cloud Streets in Brazil

Puffy cumulus clouds spin around a high-pressure system in the Amazon rainforest.

Published Jun 19, 2014

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Clouds over the Southern Indian Ocean
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Clouds over the Southern Indian Ocean

Marine stratocumulus clouds and an atmospheric eddy could be seen over the southern Indian Ocean in early March 2013.

Published Mar 19, 2013

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