Cold air blowing between warmer water and warm upper-level air masses can produce long lines of cumulus clouds.
Published Nov 20, 2012
Cold and dry air from Siberia typically produce this cloud formation over the sea from November through January.
Published Jan 7, 2018
Cloud streets form thousands of feet above the Earth’s surface.
Published Mar 12, 2017
An open-celled cloud over the Pacific Ocean had a shape reminiscent of a certain circular letter of the alphabet.
Published Sep 27, 2014
Cold air moving over relatively warm ocean water produced a pattern of clouds that lined up in organized rows.
Published Nov 14, 2019
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
The Aqua satellite captured this image of cloud streets over the Black Sea in January 2015.
Published Jan 9, 2015
Whether a patch of clouds contains open or closed cells offers a clue about whether rain is falling below.
Published Feb 6, 2016
Cold air blows over warmer water to produce thin, parallel lines of clouds.
Published Oct 8, 2018
Cool air moving across Arctic sea ice gives rise to long parallel bands of cumulus clouds over the Norwegian Sea.
Published Mar 31, 2016Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water Unique Imagery Snow and Ice
Parallel rows of clouds can stretch for hundreds of kilometers over the open ocean.
Published Jul 27, 2013
Most of us prefer our winter roads free of ice, but some cloud formations depend on it.
Published Jan 12, 2012
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
Data collected by a sensor on the Aqua satellite reveals the global distribution of clouds.
Published May 8, 2015
Long bands of cumulus clouds lined up over the Great Lakes in this spectacular display of “cloud streets.”
Published Feb 12, 2016
Actinoform clouds pop up off the western coast of Australia.
Published Feb 7, 2020
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
Puffy cumulus clouds spin around a high-pressure system in the Amazon rainforest.
Published Jun 19, 2014
The island itself is almost too small see in this image, but it serves as the starting point for the clouds that flow toward the northeast in a giant V shape. Amsterdam Island is a volcanic summit, the northernmost volcano on the Antarctic tectonic plate.
Published Dec 30, 2005
Patches of open-celled clouds off the west coast of Peru offer beautiful glimpses of the sea—and pointers to where rain may have fallen.
Published Aug 7, 2018
Canal clouds are the linear sibling of super-cool hole-punch clouds.
Published Jan 11, 2017
Cold winds blowing over the sea helped form rows of cumulus clouds.
Published Mar 4, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Unique Imagery Snow and Ice
Cold winter conditions set the stage for these unusual clouds that can form due to airplane traffic.
Published Dec 28, 2010
