- Vertical wind shear effect on clouds: stretched anvil plumes
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- Vertical wind shear effect on clouds. Updrafts within a cluster of Towering Cumulus struggle as strong winds carry the rising towers far forward. The stretched low anvil plumes freeze and evaporate downwind while new updrafts replace them at the upwind back edge. The strong shear outpaces buoyancy and updraft strength, preventing the clouds from organizing into showers.
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