Spectacular 'cloud tsunami' rolls over Florida high-rise condos
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Panama City Beach, Florida -- Fog rolls up along the shore of Panama City Beach, Florida on Feb. 5th, 2012.
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Panama City Beach, Florida -- Fog rolls up along the shore of Panama City Beach, Florida on Feb. 5th, 2012.
By Natalia Jimenez, msnbc.com
Helicopter pilot Mike Schaeffer was wrapping up a tour when he spotted this incredible weather phenomenon along the coast of Panama City Beach, Fl. on Sunday. As soon as he landed, he alerted [URL="http://www.panhandlehelicopter.com/"]Panhandle Helicopter[/URL] owner JR Hott of the "cloud form waves," and together they went up for a better view. They moved quickly knowing that it is only in very specific weather conditions that this beautiful effect occurs. While the online community has dubbed this a "cloud tsunami," Hott disagrees with the popular moniker:
I wouldn't call it a "cloud tsunami." The term tsunami implies a natural disaster. The event, while it can form quickly, moves gently and slowly. It isn't something that happens with more than a gentle breeze.
While the images appear non-threatening and peaceful, as an experienced pilot, Hott has been trained to treat all fog and clouds as if they are solid objects. He and Schaeffer were very careful approaching in the air to get a better view. Fortunately, because of the location of the condos, they were able to approach the cloud waves from the side and did not place themselves in the direct path of the fog.
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Panama City Beach, Florida -- Fog rolls up along the shore of Panama City Beach, Florida on Feb. 5th, 2012.
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Panama City Beach, Florida -- Fog rolls up along the shore of Panama City Beach, Florida on Feb. 5th, 2012.
Meteorologist Dan Satterfield [URL="http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2012/02/06/condo-wave-clouds/"]explains this occurrence on his blog[/URL]:
Cool air offshore was very nearly at the saturation point, with a temperature near 20ºC and a dew point of about 19.5ºC. The air at this temperature can only hold a certain amount of water vapor, and how much it can hold depends heavily on the temperature. If you add more water into the air, a cloud will form, but you can also get a cloud to form by cooling the air. Drop the temperature, and it can no long hold as much water vapor, so some of it will condense out and a cloud will form.
Hott will see this happen a couple times a year, but Sunday's visibility was especially clear and he was able to make all these pictures in only five minutes! He is more amazed at the attention his pictures are getting, rather than with the event itself. "This is not so much a study in photography, but a study in how something can go viral," he said. Hott posted the photos to his company's [URL="http://www.facebook.com/PanhandleHelicopter"]Facebook page[/URL] and suddenly he was getting requests for the pictures from all over the world. He is happy with the attention, hoping it inspires some to take a tour with him along the coastline.
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Saw this on [URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com"]msnbc.com[/URL] and figured you guys would like this.
It makes the buildings look like they have force fields around them.
That is just awesome.
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Boom de yah dah Boom de yah dah boom de yah dah boom de yah dah
That looks so silly.
Expected a cloud-shaped tsunami, got a tsunami-shaped cloud.
smoke weed erryday
[QUOTE=Parakon;34640764]smoke weed erryday[/QUOTE]
everyone here does. and it's awesome
[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;34640784]everyone here does. and it's awesome[/QUOTE]
I don't and never will.
On topic, This looks pretty neat.
I live right down the road, and actually had a flight lesson that day but canceled it. Woulda been awesome to see this from the air.
[b]FUCK[/b]
Looks like the ghost of a tsunami.
[QUOTE=archangel125;34640489]That is just awesome.
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Boom de yah dah Boom de yah dah boom de yah dah boom de yah dah[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;e5Q0CLlFFm0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Q0CLlFFm0[/video]
30 years ago this would've never happened, clearly this is government work. Ionized water & electromagnetic cloud modification.
Force Field, Force Field, Force Field, Force Field!...
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;34641983]I live right down the road, and actually had a flight lesson that day but canceled it. Woulda been awesome to see this from the air.
[b]FUCK[/b][/QUOTE]
I had to cancel a VFR lesson down in Hollywood, solid IFR this morning :(
Suddenly a real tsunami that everyone thinks is a cloud.
Mother nature was just running some tests to simulate 25 story (sp?) high waves before the real thing.
[QUOTE=BloodFox1222;34641759]I don't and never will.[/QUOTE]
you should
Anyone else sense [I][B]foreshadowing?[/B][/I]
Clouds always do weird shit. Had some a few months ago that were really freaky over our house.
Though it wasn't nearly as awesome as this.
protoss
Looks like a nuclear bomb detonated off the coast, and they were just hit by the shockwave.
Youtubers will blame it on HAARP.
[QUOTE=Haywood;34644713]Youtubers will blame it on HAARP.[/QUOTE]
in reality it is the chainsaws in the forest
[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;34640784]everyone here does. and it's awesome[/QUOTE]
Yeah lol uh not really, unless old people like weed, and cubans, I doubt it very much. I live in old cuban people territory, no weed here.
Glad to see are shields are holding.
It's the ghost of tsunami from long long ago.
That actually looks kinda cool.
[QUOTE=rnate;34641736][t]http://www.entertainmentwallpaper.com/images/desktops/movie/the_mist2.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
That movie had a freaky ending
[QUOTE=Cone;34654695]That movie had a freaky ending[/QUOTE]I cried.
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