Amazing Wall Cloud Picture
I very much want to take pictures like this. I hoping to hit the plains states this next storm season!
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That is indeed a beautiful photograph, but what is depicted is not a wall cloud. What you’re seeing is a “shelf cloud”. It’s the leading edge of a storm created by cool air lifting warm moist air. It is almost always associated with “robust” straight line winds.