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Offline Garth Bock

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Morning Glory Clouds
« on: August 24, 2009, 04:55:57 PM »

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Re: Morning Glory Clouds
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2009, 05:44:13 PM »
 :-) Those are cool.  I wish I could see them!
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Re: Morning Glory Clouds
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2009, 06:47:55 PM »
Those are interesting formations.  Wish I knew how they formed. #-o
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Re: Morning Glory Clouds
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2009, 07:37:42 PM »
   Will the sky and weather ever stop suprising us?  I hope not!!  Those are really something to see.  Thanks for the post.   =D>

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Re: Morning Glory Clouds
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2009, 08:30:05 PM »
The "Morning Glory" roll cloud is a feature in the Gulf of Carpenteria, usually appearing in late September and early October.  The unseasonal weather this year in the North has seen the cloud arrive early this year.   Whilst roll clouds occur around the world, they appear with some regularity in the Gulf Country of Northern Australia.  As a result, glider pilots flock to Northern towns such as Burketown (aprox population 200) in September/October to 'surf' the Glory.

I'm at work at the moment but have several links I can put up later which explain the meteorology and other conditions that lead to the formation of the Glory.

I was planning a trip to Burketown in September specifically to photograph the Glory, but due to other issues I've had to defer this to next year.  The picture in the link is one of the best I've ever seen.

There have been record temperatures in Queensland in August, and it's likely that this winter will have been one of the warmest on record.

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Re: Morning Glory Clouds
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2009, 05:12:24 AM »
http://www.dropbears.com/brough/index.html - also see the articles page for a range of links
http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/august2003/ - has a good links section as well
http://www.meteo.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~roger/Tropics/Tropclds-o.htm - some meteorological aspects
http://www.morninggloryaustralia.com/-good information on the meteorology of the Glory

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Re: Morning Glory Clouds
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2009, 09:48:40 AM »
Good info.
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Re: Morning Glory Clouds
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2009, 02:29:44 PM »
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/morninggloryclouds/

This is neat.

WOW !
 I have never seen anything like that  before.
Really cool !
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Re: Morning Glory Clouds
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2009, 07:16:26 PM »
Based on my knowledge, wouldn't these form because of rapidly rising and falling air current(s)?
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Re: Morning Glory Clouds
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2009, 07:36:09 PM »
Chris,
  Thanks for bringing me back to this thread.  I had wanted to come back here and look at the links above but totally forgot :oops: ](*,) #-o.  There are some mind-boggling pictures of these Morning Glories in the links given in an earlier reply :shock: :shock:.  They are stunning to say the least.  Thanks again.  I have no idea of how they form but I wish there were some overhead here in Ohio sometimes.
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