![]() ![]() ![]() On Thursday as the front rolled in, winds gusted 40 to 45 mph, temperatures dropped from the 50s to the 30s and rain even changed over to snow. Like Thursday midday, once one of these clouds passes we get the strong gusty winds and a significant drop in temperatures. We will also call this a gust front as gusty winds are usually associated with this cloud as it arrives and passes. As the warmer air is lifted it forms this overhanging cloud that we call a shelf cloud. Scary-looking clouds are non-tornadic or non-funnel cloud formations or fragments or precipitation that appear to resemble true funnel clouds or true tornadoes. This colder air is heavier and forces the lighter warmer air upwards and over the colder air. This cloud forms as rain-cooled air flows out ahead of an approaching storm or cold front and interacts with warmer air out ahead of it. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. It looks kind of scary and kind of reminds you of something from the movie “Independence Day.” This cloud is called a shelf cloud and is usually associated with some kind of outflow boundary from an approaching thunderstorm or in the case of Thursday morning, an approaching cold front. The examples that moved into the Atlanta and Athens area on the leading edge of a squall line creeping up from South. Thursday afternoon the KMVT Local 11 Weather department received several photos of dark, scary arc shaped cloud that moved across southern Idaho. The shelf cloud can be quite scary-looking, particularly to the untrained eye.
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