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Photos: Hole-Punch Clouds Monday

Jan 31, 2007; 2:11 PM ET

UPDATE: See also this blog about Hole-Punch Clouds in Florida in November 2008.

So-called "Hole-Punch Clouds" were observed over parts of the southern Mississippi Valley yesterday. Channel 10 KLFY has a series of photos, and the photos below were taken by AccuWeather.com Weather Photo Gallery user JWesley over Perry County, MS. (Taken from U.S.Hwy 98).



My Awesome Buddy Scott's Blog [JessePedia] explains how they formed:


NASA High-Res Satellite Shot From Yesterday

[Satellite imagery] revealed numerous aircraft dissipation trails (or "distrails") during the day over eastern Texas, northern Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and Mississippi. As aircraft (likely air traffic to/from Dallas-Fort Worth airport KDFW) penetrated that supercooled cloud layer aloft, they caused the cloud droplets to glaciate and fall out of the cloud (causing the "holes" and "streaks" that were evident on the visible imagery).



A Hole-Punch Cloud in Alabama in 2003 (NWS) - More Hole-Punch Clouds From Google

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