NRL GOES-15 Satellite image from 8:45 am, October 25 showing the approaching cold front, strong

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NRL GOES-15 Satellite image from 8:45 am, October 25 showing the approaching cold front, strong onshore flow ahead of the front, and the source of the moisture that resulted in the mid-level clouds. Wave clouds typically form when wind flows into, and then up and over a mountain range, creating a series of "roller coaster" atmospheric waves downwind of the range.

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