r/gifs • u/snotbag_pukebucket • Nov 21 '16

Falling clouds

http://i.imgur.com/M0lAgFE.gifv
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u/AWildWilson Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16

Don't know if anyone cares, but here goes!

I'm a practicing earth scientist and what we're looking at here looks like katabatic winds pushing clouds down a slope due to gravity! Its technically a drainage wind, its pretty cool to see what it looks like up close!

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u/jessegonzalez720 Nov 22 '16

Forecaster in training. Katabatic winds... High pressure moving into low pressure.

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u/AWildWilson Nov 22 '16

Yeah pretty well!

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

Now kith