Critical Fire Weather in the High Plains; Heavy Rain and High Winds in Hawaii

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring widespread critical fire weather today across the central and southern High Plains. Heavy rain and thunderstorms may bring flooding to Hawaii through today. High winds across the islands may result in high surf, power outages, property damage, and difficult travel. Read More >

Wave clouds (or gravity waves): These form when stable air moves over a raised land feature, such as hills or mountains, and is forced upward. Gravity then causes the air to fall back down, and it begins to oscillate, creating that ripple effect.

This visible satellite image was taken at 400 pm PDT 9 Sep 2000. The cloud lines oriented north to south are wave clouds. They are the result of west-to-east wind flowing over the Cascade mountains of Washington and the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Alberta.

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