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Mar 11, 2019 · Also known as a 'billow cloud,' a Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud looks like rolling ocean waves in the sky. They are formed when two air currents of varying speeds meet in the atmosphere and they make a stunning sight.
Dec 3, 2023 · Editors of EarthSky. December 3, 2023. Watch this video to learn more about wave clouds, or Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds. Clouds that look like waves are rare and beautiful. These clouds –...
Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud - Met Office. An extremely rare phenomenon, where a cloud produces a billowing wave pattern. They occur when there is a strong vertical shear between two air streams,...
Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities are visible in the atmospheres of planets and moons, such as in cloud formations on Earth or the Red Spot on Jupiter, and the atmospheres of the Sun and other stars. [1] Spatially developing 2D Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at low Reynolds number.
Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud waves are most likely to form on windy days when the atmosphere is unstable, wind moves quickly, and air rises to form clouds. The cloud's billowing wave pattern is often a sign of potential turbulence for aircraft. It is a mid-to-high-level cloud.
Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds look like breaking waves in the ocean. After wind blows up and over a barrier, like a mountain, the air continues flowing through the atmosphere in a pattern that looks like a wave. These clouds form when there is a difference in the wind speed or direction between two wind currents in the atmosphere.
Dec 8, 2022 · Kelvin-Helmholtz: Rare wave clouds amaze sky-watchers in Wyoming. 8 December 2022. By Max Matza,BBC News. Facebook/ Rachel Gordon. Stunned sky-watchers in the US state of Wyoming have snapped...
