Just south of there is a grand streak of high-level clouds zipping across the centre of the U.S. These shredded cirrus clouds actually trace the outline of the jet stream feeding the clipper system its energy. The cirrus embedded in that fast-moving jet stream are trucking along at more than 150 km/h.
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A sharp cutoff divides this snowy clipper system from crystal-clear skies over the southern half of the United States. Some of the only clouds in this clear sky are condensation trails, or contrails, formed by high-flying aircraft over the northern Gulf of Mexico. Higher humidity allowed the contrails to linger as cirrus clouds off the Louisiana coast.
A visible satellite image of the Caribbean on December 31, 2023. (NOAA)
Look farther south and there’s hardly a trace of winter to be found. Daily showers and thunderstorms gurgle all year in the warm and humid air parked over the Caribbean Sea. A few of those bubbly showers on New Year's Eve popped up over the open waters.
When those showers fizzled out, the rush of cold air hitting the sultry air at the surface caused rope clouds to develop. Acting like mini cold fronts, these outflow winds scooped the humid air into a sharp cloud radiating away like a ripple on a pond.
A visible satellite image of the eastern Pacific on December 31, 2023. (NOAA)
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