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Why are the rain clouds shaped in this way? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A bug in the matrix or just the radar? This is no normal cloud-shape, is it?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

looks a bit like convective cells to me! they happen in summer (as long as there is sufficient surface heating to drive the convection) - they're like bubbles in boiling water.

It looks like you've got high pressure over there though... the high pressure may just limit the cloud heights and intensity of the precipitation?

Edit: these look a little too big to be pop-up cells, but they still look more convective (instead of frontal). a bit suspiciously too round, though. Do they stay consistent and track across the sky, or are they more bubble-like?

2nd edit: looks like I'm wrong and it is a radar artefact :) (this is why looking at radar timelapses is more important than just single-frames!)

3rd edit: it's not an artefact, it's a real signal! it's insects!