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The Blue Flower

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4. Saw clouds like this in Seattle once

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2022, 05:26 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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Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds (look like breaking waves) [View all] 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