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!["Cloud Streets" Over the Great Lakes](/s3/migrated/2170v1_20171227-CloudStreets.jpg)
The Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured these parallel rows of clouds, known as "cloud streets"…
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![Cloud Streets and Gravity Waves in the Mid-Atlantic](/s3/migrated/20181129_Cloud_Streets_0.jpg)
The NOAA-20 satellite spied cloud streets and gravity waves near the Mid-Atlantic region on Nov. 28, 2018.
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![Cloud Streets and Gravity Waves Seen From GOES-East](/s3/migrated/20201117-18cloudsts01.gif)
GOES-East viewed cloud streets that were generated by a northwesterly wind over the Great Lakes and Northeast
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![Mesmerizing “Cloud Streets” Stream Off Lake Michigan](/s3/2024-01/mes-geo-color-clouds-michigan-january-2024.png)
NOAA’s GOES East satellite used its Advanced Baseline Imager to capture this mesmerizing GeoColor image of cloud streets…
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![NOAA-20 Spies Ice and Cloud Streets Over the Labrador Sea](/s3/migrated/20200228_CloudStreetsInLabradorSea.png)
NOAA-20 satellite snapped this dynamic image of ribbon-shaped cloud streets streaming over the Labrador Sea.
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![GOES-West Sees Cyclone and Cloud Streets Over the Gulf of Alaska](/s3/migrated/20200129-cloudstreets.jpg)
A potent extratropical cyclone, seen by GOES-West on Jan. 28, 2020, is slowly making its way eastward across the Gulf of…
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![Frigid Air and Cloud Streets Stream Across the Great Lakes](/s3/2021-07/20190128_GreatLakesCloudStreets.png)
Bitter cold, arctic air is pouring into the Midwest and Great Lakes this week, and is expected to bring a prolonged period…
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Himawari-8 spies an island creating swirling cloud streets in the East China Sea.
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GOES East zoomed in on two low pressure systems swirling over the North Atlantic while cloud streets streamed off the North…
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![Frigid Air and Bitter Wind Chills Blast the Northern U.S.](/s3/migrated/iod-2-14-20.jpg)
February 14, 2020 On Feb. 13, 2020, the NOAA-20 satellite viewed cloud streets over Lake Superior, signifying a cold air…
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![Clouds](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
Clouds form from water or ice that has evaporated from Earth’s surface, or from plants that give off water and oxygen as a…
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![Wave Clouds](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
Sometimes satellite imagery shows us rippled cloud patterns called wave clouds, or gravity waves. These form when stable air…
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![Lake Effect Snow](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
The Lake Effect phenomenon is well-known and studied in meteorological circles. Northern or westerly winds blow over the…
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![NOAA-20 Captures a Sparkly Night View](/s3/migrated/20191212-eastcoastDNB.jpg)
As the NOAA-20 satellite passed over the eastern United States on the night of the last full moon of the year, the sky was…