You are browsing the archive for 5 February 2009 - Dan's Wild Wild Science Journal.
5 February 2009
Flying Saucer Clouds
Ask most Meteorologists (including me) what their favorite cloud is, and you will probably get the same answer Lennys. That’s slang term for ALTO CUMULUS STANDING LENTICULARIS Imagine a blob of air riding along in the wind. Suddenly, you run into a big mountain. As the air stream you are in, rides over the mountain, the pressure drops and so does the temperature. If it gets cold enough, the moisture …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.