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- From: moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz)
- Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology
- Subject: Strange Clouds over DCA
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.022143.7235@meteor.wisc.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 02:21:43 GMT
- Sender: moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz)
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- Organization: University of Wisconsin, Meteorology and Space Science
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- >Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 10:21:02 EST
- >From: harnack@gandalf.rutgers.edu
- >To: mcidas@unidata.ucar.edu
- >Subject: Retransmission of: Anomalous cloud pattern?
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- >McIDAS users:
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- >The last 2 days [16-17 Nov] I have noticed that 'cold' clouds seem to be
- >'generated' over a small area just to the west of DCA using an IR loop.
- >While clouds apparently move eastward elsewhere, the 'cold' clouds in the
- >mentioned area tend to be stationary or are developing there continuously.
- >If you archive images check out an IR loop using Mon. nights images also.
- >Does anyone have an ideas on what I am seeing besides: (1) I'm not of a sane
- >mind, (2) its a volcano, and (3) its orographic (I find that plausible but
- >not likely in this instance.
- >
- >Bob Harnack
- >Rutgers
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- Any thoughts?
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- Chris
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