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[–]TotallyFullOfShit 1 point2 points ago

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This was taken in Inkstone, Kansas, about 30 miles north of Sheboygen. It's called cyclic cumulodrainage and actually happens more often then you'd think.

When two weather fronts are moving parallel to one another, and there is a negative pressure shift in the faster moving of the two, it creates a cyclonic rift in low altitudes. This rift builds upward into the upper levels of the clouds creating what's called a precipatory cascade effect, or PCE. In a PCE, the clouds begin stirring like you see in the picture, until the pressure at the center of the cyclone is more than double that of the edges.

If the PCE is large enough, the rapid temperature drop will cause a massive amount of rainfall in a localized area. It's common to see these anomalies with fierce electrical storms. Also, due to the Lopez-Tseng effect, it's not possible for this to occur in the southern hemisphere.

The more you know...!

[–]ThoughtMob 0 points1 point ago

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You take this? Where was it?

[–]IIdsandsII 1 point2 points ago

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god's bathroom.

[–]imbcmdth 0 points1 point ago

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ie. South Dakota.

[–]aterlumen 0 points1 point ago

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This version has the National Geographic tag cropped off of it. It's been around for a while.

[–]kuusisto 0 points1 point ago

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Oh no! All I can see is a jar!

[–]Totlin 0 points1 point ago

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There's another one above Hollywood

[–]paddypunk 0 points1 point ago

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Galactus cometh.