It is not a tornado, but typically with the passage of the shelf clouds, you'll experience the strongest winds.".
If you happened to be around the beaches of the Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, area Thursday afternoon and looked up, you probably observed a very scary-looking cloud. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM. A shelf cloud is attached to the base of the parent cloud, which is usually a thunderstorm cumulonimbus, but could form on … Shelf Clouds | Your weather photos (6/24/2020) These impressive shelf cloud photos were sent in Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from our First Coast Weather Watchers Facebook group. Productivity came to a screeching halt Friday afternoon in the Tampa Bay area when a colossal, stunning shelf cloud rolled over the area. Wind gusts once the shelf cloud has passed may be quite strong, causing downed trees, tree limbs and power outages. The NWS-Mobile/Pensacola twitter account featured several shelf cloud photos. We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. <img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/ftwaltonbeach-shelfie-radar-16jun16.gif" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/ftwaltonbeach-shelfie-radar-16jun16.gif 400w, https://s.w-x.co/ftwaltonbeach-shelfie-radar-16jun16.gif 800w" >Radar loop of thunderstorms producing a prominent shelf cloud in Ft. Walton Beach and Destin, Florida on June 16, 2016(TWC).
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An ominous shelf cloud formed above Destin, Florida shocking beach goers.
Shelf clouds are often associated with squall lines, and many times they are reported as wall clouds, funnel clouds, or rotation. Below is a brief review of what a shelf cloud, wall cloud, and funnel cloud …
Here is a look at some that were sent to us from readers. The Weather Company’s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. On Thursday afternoon, a cluster of thunderstorms developed in the Florida Panhandle, along the I-10 corridor. July 13, 2020 by Jared Williams Yesterday’s shelf cloud across Northwest Florida made for some really dramatic images. A shelf cloud is a low-hanging, well-defined, wedge-shaped formation that occurs along the leading edge of a gust front in a thunderstorm.
Shelf clouds can look scary because they are usually low hanging, sometimes only 200 feet above the ground.
"Arguably the favorite cloud shared in this social media age, shelf clouds are created when a thunderstorm or line of thunderstorms' rain-cooled downdraft pushes slightly ahead of the parent storm, lifting air at the downdraft's leading edge, or gust front," said weather.com meteorologist Jonathan Erdman.
Built by MediaCrazed, https://twitter.com/BrantlyWx/status/1282477547557736453. Radar loop of thunderstorms producing a prominent shelf cloud in Ft. Walton Beach and Destin, Florida on June 16, 2016, (Credit: FacerPlymale via The Weather Channel Facebook page). Warmer, more moist air is lifted at the leading edge, or gust front, of this rain-cooled air. "The smooth structure of the shelf cloud is airlifted on a slope above the gust front.
Here's how the bay area's residents documented this beautiful yet sinister-looking shelf cloud as it moved over the city. There were no severe weather reports from the area, however.