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Cloud Streets Trace Cold Coastal Winds
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Cloud Streets Trace Cold Coastal Winds

Valentine’s Day didn't warm a lot of hearts in the eastern United States.

Published Feb 16, 2016

Atmosphere Heat Land Snow and Ice Temperature Extremes

Cloud Streets over the Atlantic
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Cloud Streets over the Atlantic

Cold air moving over relatively warm ocean water produced a pattern of clouds that lined up in organized rows.

Published Nov 14, 2019

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Cloud patterns in the Bering Sea
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Cloud patterns in the Bering Sea

Vortex wind patterns swirling over sea ice in the Bering Sea in mid-January 2006 have created stunning cloud street patterns.

Published Jan 25, 2006

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Spring Snow in the Dakotas
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Spring Snow in the Dakotas

In late April 2006, a spring snow storm hammered the northern Plains of the midwestern United States.

Published Apr 20, 2006

Severe Storms Snow and Ice

Cloud Streets Over the Timor Sea
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Cloud Streets Over the Timor Sea

An uncommon display of cloud streets formed off of the northern coast of Australia.

Published Jul 24, 2016

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Cloud Streets over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Cloud Streets over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

In the midst of a sharp cold snap, the Terra satellite captured this image of cloud streets over the Atlantic Ocean.

Published Jan 11, 2014

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Clouds Streets and Comma Clouds Near Svalbard
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Clouds Streets and Comma Clouds Near Svalbard

Cool air moving across Arctic sea ice gives rise to long parallel bands of cumulus clouds over the Norwegian Sea.

Published Mar 31, 2016

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Wave Clouds over the Arabian Sea
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Wave Clouds over the Arabian Sea

Like a massive, ethereal bird gliding into the Persian Gulf, a large cluster of wave clouds spans the Arabian Sea from Oman to India. This cloud formation is likely an undular bore, which is created in the interaction between the cool, dry air in a low-pressure system with a stable layer of warm, moist air.

Published Jun 9, 2007

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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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Winter Cloud Streets, North Atlantic
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Winter Cloud Streets, North Atlantic

The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite collected this natural-color view of cloud streets over the ocean off of New England and the Canadian Maritimes on January 24, 2011.

Published Feb 15, 2011

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Cloud Streets over the Hudson Bay
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Cloud Streets over the Hudson Bay

Cold air blowing between warmer water and warm upper-level air masses can produce long lines of cumulus clouds.

Published Nov 20, 2012

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Traffic-free and Sky-high
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Traffic-free and Sky-high

Cloud streets form thousands of feet above the Earth’s surface.

Published Mar 12, 2017

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Sharp Line in the Clouds
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Sharp Line in the Clouds

Dry air surging off the western coast of Africa ran into a wall of moist air over the Atlantic, creating a distinctive line in a marine cloud layer.

Published Feb 28, 2013

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An Australian “Anti-storm”
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An Australian “Anti-storm”

A high near Tasmania left a gaping hole in the clouds.

Published Jun 8, 2012

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Cloud Streets over the Bering Sea
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Cloud Streets over the Bering Sea

Parallel rows of clouds can stretch for hundreds of kilometers over the open ocean.

Published Jul 27, 2013

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