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Archive: Mon Jan 2026

Standing wave cloud over northeast Minnesota

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Water Vapor and Infrared images (above) showed the development of a standing wave cloud over northeast Minnesota and Lake Superior on 19 January 2026. This cloud feature was formed by a vertically-propagating internal gravity wave that resulted from the interaction of post-frontal northwesterly surface winds with the... Read More