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| Strange clouds over Tapma Bay; H.A.A.R.P? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 28 2008, 06:55 PM (387 Views) | |
| chrisfarb | Nov 28 2008, 06:55 PM Post #1 |
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![]() http://www.escapetheillusion.com/blog/2008/11/strange-cloud-formation-over-tampa-bay/ |
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| Colonel | Nov 28 2008, 11:28 PM Post #2 |
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H.A.A.R.P.? N.O.P.E. |
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| JFK | Nov 28 2008, 11:49 PM Post #3 |
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Patiently awaits Colonel's extremely educated explaination for that phenomenon. |
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| 22205 | Nov 29 2008, 12:11 AM Post #4 |
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Arlingtonian
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original story: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7933956&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1 photo gallery (pics of the unusual clouds on each of the 9 pages): http://myfoxtampabay.mycapture.com/mycapture/photos/Album.aspx?EventID=544433&CategoryID=40203 one possible explanation for the clouds by a meterologist (im not saying i necessarily agree or disagree with his assertions - nor am i qualified to know one way or the other - but i thought his assessment was worth sharing): http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=11139618-f10c-4fe0-a463-39de536a8338 "Meteorologist Charlie Paxton at the National Weather Service, in Ruskin says, "No!" He explains they are almost completely natural, "The clouds had a hole in them basically. A jet went through the super cooled water cloud. Turned to ice. And we end up with a hole in the cloud with an ice cloud in the middle." Plain and simple, the super cooled water that makes up some clouds at about 25-thousand feet, latch on to the dust, or exhaust particles being spit out as a commercial jetliner flies through the cloud. The now droplets then instantly freeze crystal clear. And there you have it. You got the "fixins of a hole where the rain freezes thin". According to ABC Action News Meteorologist Denis Philips they're commonly referred to as hole punch clouds. "From our perspective it looks like a hole in the middle of a bigger cloud. It happened in Mobile, Alabama a few years back. Lots of pictures on the internet. So it happens. It's not that unusual but then again, we wouldn't be doing a story on it if it happened every day." At the same time though, don't confuse them with lenticular clouds, usually formed near mountains because of swirling winds, or UFO's, best seen in major motion pictures like Will Smith's "Independence Day", or the flying "cup and sauce" best captured on Photoshop." ETA - more Charlie Paxton: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/srnews/stories/2007/saudi.htm http://www.ametsoc.org/amschaps/jun05news.html Edited by 22205, Nov 29 2008, 12:15 AM.
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| tower | Nov 29 2008, 10:20 AM Post #5 |
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Could it be... high winds??!? |
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| chrisfarb | Nov 30 2008, 07:50 PM Post #6 |
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N.O.P.E not H.A.A.R.P http://www.wkrg.com/weather/article_education/hole_punch_clouds/4097/ |
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