Clouds of the Day- May 10, 2020

Map Plotted by Digital Atmosphere software available from http://www.weathergraphics.com/

GOES 16 Satellite Image courtesy of NOAA. - 1416Z 5-10-2020.

It’s a chilly Mother’s Day as cold air continues to spread south in to the central and northeastern United States. Here is today’s Clouds of the Day in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The cloud formations today are common during unseasonably cool outbreaks. The May sunshine To learn how to decode surface station model plots on the map above click HERE and scroll down.

Cumulus (lower left and bottom), stratocumulus (lower left corner), Altocumulus (center to upper right)

Cumulus and stratocumulus, Thin altocumulus (upper right)

Cumulus and stratocumulus

Stratocumulus (upper), altocumulus lenticularis (lens shaped)

stratocumulus and cumulus

Base of Cumulus congestus that produced snow pellet shower at a surface temperature of 48 degrees.

More clouds and snow pellet showers approaching from the northwest. Rain and melted snow pellets equaled .03 inches.