Tuesday/ wave clouds ๐ŸŒŠ

WHIDBEY ISLAND STATION, Wash. โ€” Residents of and near Whidbey Island witnessed a weather phenomenon on Tuesday as โ€œwave cloudsโ€ lined the horizon.

Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds or fluctus clouds, as the formations are named, are very rare over Washington, according to KING 5 Chief Meteorologist Mike Everett.
The clouds look like literal waves in the sky, a series of rounded crests that are worthy of a double-take.
Often referred to as โ€œwave clouds,โ€ the clouds signal a difference in wind speed and density between two layers.
โ€“ Reported by Olivia Sullivan for king5.com

โ€œWaveโ€ clouds, or Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, seen from Whidbey Island toward Possession Point on Sept. 3.
[Photo courtesy of Cathy Oโ€™Keefe, posted on king5.com]

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