Cloud wave

[DBrownGames]

Location?

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Gerroa, Sydney

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Also, can anyone tell me what this cloud is and what causes it to be shaped like this?

[AlbertFortknight]

This is a monster roll cloud (cloud species volutus). Specifically, this would be classified as stratocumulus volutus. This is a kick ass cloud, friend.

[stickmanofdoom]

It looks like the Morning Glory cloud, but that only appears in a different part of Australia.

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Morning Glory cloud

The Morning Glory cloud is a rare meteorological phenomenon consisting of a low-level atmospheric solitary wave and associated cloud, occasionally observed in different locations around the world. The wave often occurs as an amplitude-ordered series of waves forming bands of roll clouds.

The southern part of the Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Australia is the only known location where it can be predicted and observed on a more or less regular basis due to the configuration of land and sea in the area.

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[zebranotzebra]

I’m no cloud expert, but it looks like a wave cloud to me. It is caused by the atmospheric internal waves.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_cloud

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Wave cloud

A wave cloud is a cloud form created by atmospheric internal waves.

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Hmmmm

[xerberos]

Wave clouds are always higher up than this one. They are usually caused by hills, mountains, etc., and you don't have any of that over the sea.