What is this? (a image of Ernesto)

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What is this? (a image of Ernesto)

#1 Postby Cyclenall » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:02 am

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This is a shot of Ernesto this evening. The image is slightly blurred due to switching from .Gif to .jpeg format. I have seen this on some tropical cyclones but I can't tell what exactly it really is. I've seen different types of it as well but this one is really different. What is it?
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#2 Postby wxmann_91 » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:46 am

I've seen it in Ioke as well. Probably good fanning in the upper levels.
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#3 Postby wjs3 » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:14 am

Looks like transverse waves in the cirrus outflow.

As I understand it, when flow gets going, it's not unusal for waves to set up at right angles to the flow--it appears, then as fanning parallel to the flow. This appears on satellite like wrinkles in the clouds. I think I have all that terminology right...
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