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Why are the rain clouds shaped in this way? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org to c/weather

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A bug in the matrix or just the radar? This is no normal cloud-shape, is it?

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[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know my German geography, but I’d be curious how topology plays into this.

[–] wren 2 points 3 months ago

Doesn't look like orographic cloud to me! Usually they have ripples in em

Plus, the Alps are only really in the South and nowhere near Berlin (which is pretty flat) - so you'd see more enhancement in the South than the North, whereas these are pretty evenly spaced