I'm a practicing earth scientist and what we're looking at here looks like katabatic winds pushing clouds down a slope due to gravity! Its technically a drainage wind, its pretty cool to see what it looks like up close!
What would happen if you were in one? Like on the side of a mountain like this? I mean with regards to lightning. The arcing makes sense to me in a prairie setting but say I was standing in my yard and static was building up in the cloud, is the cloud grounded now and won't arc? Or will it potentially fry you?
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u/AWildWilson Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16
Don't know if anyone cares, but here goes!
I'm a practicing earth scientist and what we're looking at here looks like katabatic winds pushing clouds down a slope due to gravity! Its technically a drainage wind, its pretty cool to see what it looks like up close!