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Towering cumulus with a top below freezing. This cell is producing precipitation south of Norman.
Date: 20060711
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Towering cumulus with a top below freezing. This cell is producing precipitation south of Norman.
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I find that even though I cannot see to the horizon, I can see spectacular skies from the meadow in our backyard. This sky compliments our small patch of prairie. These clouds are technically stratocumlus but there is a strong gradient between more stab
Date: 20060711
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I find that even though I cannot see to the horizon, I can see spectacular skies from the meadow in our backyard. This sky compliments our small patch of prairie. These clouds are technically stratocumlus but there is a strong gradient between more stable stratocumulus rolls to the left (west) and the more unstable cumulus types straight ahead (north). Though you would call these stratocumulus, I don't think these clouds are entirely surface-based. The bases are low - likely less than 5000' and somewhat laminar. The tops are quite convective. Thunderstorms developed off to the north and northeast (right) beyond the view of these pictures.
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Here are the pictures pointing to the southwest showing how much more laminar the stratocumulus is. As these streamers continued to the northeast they broke up as vertical instability was released. At this time of day, the low sunlight creates a subtle
Date: 20060711
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Here are the pictures pointing to the southwest showing how much more laminar these bases are than to the north. As these streamers continued to the northeast they broke up as vertical instability was released. Note that the tops of the clouds are quite convective. At this time of day, the low sunlight creates a subtle orange tone on the sunward side of the clouds while the shaded side of the clouds become filter the deep blue of the sky overhead. But superimposed ontop of the small ridges are larger areas of reflected sunlight.
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Later on the stratocumulus broke up into more cumulus type structures revealing the CBs over eastern Oklahoma County.
Date: 20060711
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Later on the stratocumulus broke up into more cumulus type structures revealing the CBs over eastern Oklahoma County.
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