WEATHER: ICE ON A MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSE

 

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It looks both cold and enchanting, like something out of a fairy tale.

WEATHER: LIGHTNING OVER HOUSTON

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Esta enorme obra de arte de tormenta eléctrica sobre Houston, Texas. 🌪 Foto y edición de @shavnore

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WEATHER: ASPERITAS CLOUDS

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While the above may look like waves in an ocean, they are actually clouds with a turbulent underside, but not 

What Is This Cloud indicates this type of cloud has only been officially recognized since 2017 and very rare and described it as:

"The best way to describe these clouds would be if you jumped into the ocean wearing goggles, swam down 5 to 10 feet, and looked back towards the surface of the water. It’s still up in the air how asperitas clouds are formed, but they usually appear in an unstable atmosphere where shear is present. As a cloudspotter, note that they’re usually paired with the stratiformis cloud species. They’re sometimes confused with mammatus clouds (mamma cloud feature) since both cloud features appear to be sinking from the cloud base."

It further indicates there are two types of these clouds:  

• Altocumulus (Ac) - mid-altitude heaps of clouds
• Stratocumulus (Sc) - puffy low clouds.

Below is a video:

The very rare Asperitas Clouds look like ocean waves in the sky from r/gifs

WEATHER: LIGHTING BEHIND STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK

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This is probably the coolest thing I have ever seen on Twitter.  It is amazing that it was caught on video (below).

The photographer is also selling face masks with the picture for $14.99 on Teespring.

The best video I ever captured. #NewYork #WeatherChannel #NYC pic.twitter.com/cOBqTqJ9LO

— Mikey Cee (@_Mikey_Cee) July 22, 2020

'Godzilla dust cloud' from Sahara Desert - Biggest in 50 Years

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Newsweek reported:

"The "Godzilla" dust cloud from the Sahara heading towards the southeastern U.S. is one of the biggest recorded for 50 years. The cloud is expected to bring beautiful sunsets to states including Florida, Texas and Louisiana.

The plume, which is believed to be the thickest in decades, has now reached the Caribbean Sea."

Below is a video of the dust storm over the Caribbean:

WEATHER: Thunderstorm at 37,000 Feet Above Earth

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WEATHER: Stairway to Heaven in the Clouds

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