{"id":7912,"date":"2012-12-28T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=7912"},"modified":"2013-01-05T16:10:53","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T00:10:53","slug":"december-28-2012-winter-time-at-the-tree-of-doom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2012\/12\/28\/december-28-2012-winter-time-at-the-tree-of-doom\/","title":{"rendered":"December 28, 2012 Winter Time at the Tree of Doom…and Fallstreak Holes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We had a brief respite from wet weather on Friday, December 28, and the afternoon air was crystal clear with some very nice altocumulus clouds above.\u00a0 This was a great day to try out my new Zeiss 21mm lens at the Tree of Doom in Schoolhouse Canyon.<\/p>\n

I suppose the pictures can do the talking — who wants to read 12,000 words anyway?<\/p>\n

I should say a word or two about the giant holes in the altocumulus field.\u00a0 These are called “fallstreak holes”, or “hole-punch clouds”.\u00a0 Google “fallstreak hole” to learn more about these.\u00a0 Images 9584 shows three of these lined up to the south, and later 9592 shows three lined up to the north.\u00a0 (I am fairly certain that these are not the same set of three holes!)\u00a0 It is thought by some that jet aircraft which pass near or through these mid-to-upper level clouds cause liquid water droplets to suddenly freeze, causing this local upper-level virga snow shower (or “fallstreak”).\u00a0 Perhaps there was a “hotspot” upstream where an active jetliner corridor intersected the altocumulus field.\u00a0 As each jet\u00a0 passed through, a hole and fallstreak developed.\u00a0 These holes would move NNE on the upper winds, and a fresh, untouched altocumulus field awaited the next jetliner, and so on.<\/p>\n

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