Rare Ominous UFO-like Roll Cloud

nivek

As Above So Below
Rare and ominous UFO-like 'roll cloud' appears like an apocalyptic vision as it spreads across the horizon in Tennessee

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An enormous, tube-like cloud has been seen over the skies of Tennessee and left local residents bewildered. Images surfaced of the cylindrical cloud on Facebook, with some residents saying the ominous looking mass resembled a UFO.

Mother and son, Colby and Angie Hutton, saw the phenomenon when they were driving over a bridge in Adamsville. With no idea what it was, the pair turned to Facebook for help and the image has now amassed more than 400 likes.

Meteorologists have since identified it as a 'roll cloud', a rare sub-group of arcus clouds that often form before a storm. These rare clouds, that look like an apocalyptic vision, were officially named as a new type of cloud in the World Meteorological Organization's Cloud Atlas just last year.

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After being spotted online by local television station WMC-TV, meteorologists were able to ease concerns surrounding the otherworldly formation.

According to the US National Weather Service (NWS), these rare clouds are 'low, horizontal tube-shaped arcus cloud associated with a thunderstorm gust front.' They can become huge with Ms Hutton claiming that she 'heard this cloud was 100 miles north to south.'



 

Wade

Stare..... They are always staring
The interesting thing is I seem to remember 2 cases of a "new cloud formation" being mentioned within the past several years.

I don't remember I'd people were chalking it up to geo engineering, global warming or mother nature just shaking things up but it's purty interesting.

I used to belong to this organization
Cloud Appreciation Society | Uniting cloud lovers around the world , for several years but had let it lap. Maybe I'll sign up again
 
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