Weather Underground has created a whole series of posters celebrating and briefly explaining various weather phenomena. Many of their subjects are beautiful and unusual types of clouds like the lenticular Keep reading
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Roll Cloud Over Chicago
A cold front passing through Chicago last week triggered a roll cloud, shown in the timelapse above. These clouds look like spinning horizontal tubes and form in areas where cool, Keep reading
Roll Clouds
The roll cloud, or Morning Glory cloud, is a rare phenomenon that looks rather like a horizontal tornado. In reality, it is part of a soliton wave traveling through the Keep reading
The Glory of a Roll Cloud
Roll clouds stretch like a long horizontal tube, spinning as they process across the sky. This class of arcus cloud is relatively rare but occasionally forms in areas where cool Keep reading