Punch Hole Clouds: Layer of Supercooled Clouds

Post by **sheeza** » Jan 21, 2009 Views: 9208

Punch Hole Clouds may appear as a circular or oval holes in a layer of supercooled clouds; sometimes they assume a form of a perfect circle and persist for quite a long time, drifting together with the cloud layer. One explanation seems to blame the air traffic (the jet contrail intersections) combined with a thermal inversion (a circular motion of a rising warm air). Here is one, observed over the Gunnison Valley in Colorado:

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harshad · Post by **harshad** » Jan 21, 2009

Awesome sheeza....
Seen online after a long tyme.....?

ihsankhan · Post by **ihsankhan** » Jan 22, 2009

nice shairing

Saba Ch · Post by **Saba Ch** » Jan 22, 2009

wow amazing

Asif Javed · Post by **Asif Javed** » Mar 13, 2009

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Post by **moonjee06** » Mar 31, 2009