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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
First shot was taken around 8am catching some rough K-H in the high cirrus stratus probably born from contrail. 2nd shot was taken around 2:30pm, a stream of high thin cirrus flowing overhead here in Phoenix. Nice day around 72f. Looks like clouds are thickening, if they develop
,possibly another shot or two!Howabout 110f with like 45% humidity and you have to walk up a mountain side on a rocky trail to get the shot..ART!!!..
Alec..That is Camelback Mtn on the left. North Mtn Park and Reserve in center and Pestiwa Peak on right I believe .All in Phoenix Az.
These are not those.
All, My apologies all, took me a bit of digging to find the original pics. 2013. Anyway, you can see the erupting volcano types as well as the peaks of other crests yet to radically come apart.
I like the duplicatus work there Hans an Keelin! Its a good thing the plane missed the tower Alec. phew, close call!
A Patch of Cloud
Cloverpatch, Alec and all. A couple of years ago I captured an event and posted photos here. I did not know what to label the cloud pics but posted them. A Dr No responded with info and link. Yes, its all about the interfacing of different layers of moisture.The difference can be in speed ( K-H) as well in direction and in density, temperature, etc. The difference in layers that interface with each other produces the various wave formations as the layers go thru processes to reduce the differences to..zero..Instability to stability. Holmboe get to rocking and rolling, sloshing back and forth and spouting off like volcanoes..all proceeding to stability due to multiple differences in layers. K-H is relatively simple with its one direction cresting waves. So if you see a line of waves and near the ends the waves crest in opposite directions you may be witnessing Holmboe Instability. If you see a string of crests with what looks like volcanoes erupting you are definitely seeing Holmboe. Once you got it, you might be surprised about how often they occur. But I live in the desert where,,the atmosphere is either clear blue or in upheaval . If I have clouds, some form of K-H is usually part of the show. Holmboe isn’t quite as frequent but the phenomena isn’t ” rare” in the desert skies either.
Arizona Sunset #41
,possibly another shot or two!
