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Saw a weird cloud formation over the lake yesterday and looked it up...
It was a shelf cloud, and I found out they can sometimes come with a sudden, strong wind gust right before the storm hits. I read it on the National Weather Service site after I took the picture. Has anyone else been caught off guard by the wind from one of these?
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angela1911mo ago
Yeah, those shelf cloud gusts are no joke. Got caught by one last summer at the lake. The wind hit so fast it flipped our pop-up canopy right into the water. Now if I see that cloud shape, I start packing up chairs and tying things down immediately. That cool air rushing out ahead of the storm is way stronger than a regular breeze. Did your picture turn out okay with the wind coming in?
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gonzalez.vera1mo ago
My buddy's grill went full sailboat during one of those gusts. It was a heavy Weber kettle, but the wind just picked it up and rolled it across his deck. Lid flew off, charcoal briquettes scattering everywhere like little black meteors. He was finding them in the flower beds for weeks.
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