Re: Cloud Formation Question

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:07:47 -0500, "TQ" <ToweringQs AT adelphia.net>
wrote:

"Scott" <ScottLWI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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unknown@xxxxxxxx wrote:
I'm a novice when it comes to weather. I've noticed on recent
satellite images of the Gulf of Mexico relatively straight and narrow
long strings of clouds. I was wondering what caused them. I suspect
some sort of boundry? I'm sure they are not ship tracks.

Thanks,

Bill

If these winds are in the direction of the mean wind, then
you're seeing cloud streets. They'll form when very
cold air blows over warm water.

If you do a google search on "cloud street formation", you'll
find lots of answers.


What you observed were cloud lines caused by convergence in the low level
wind field.

TX...
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/8950/goes20152006051d8n4q64uf.jpg

FL...
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/2728/goes20152006051gvm1e27dh.jpg

Thanks a bunch!

Bill
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