Super Rare ‘Hole Punch’ Cloud in Texas

1eb7a5d5-2c4c-4dff-93a6-d7c4388c7d65-jpeg

This morning residents in Orla, Texas saw a very rare “Hole Pumch” cloud.  Would have been so cool to see!

From US National Weather Service Midland Texas: “Folks across the region this morning looked to the sky and saw an unusual cloud formation. This cloud formation is what’s know as a “Fall Streak” or “Hole Punch” cloud. This is caused by aircraft flying through mid to upper-level clouds. These clouds can contain supercooled water. When aircraft interact with this supercooled water it will cause this supercooled water to freeze creating ice. This ice forms at the expense of the surrounding supercooled water, forming the hole in the cloud layer. The ice then begins to fall back towards the ground giving the falling appearance. This is a relatively rare phenomena but is very cool to see. #nmwx #txwx”

Tags: ,