Interesting cloud structures on this morning's visible satellite loop. It's called a Kármán vortex street, a series of vortices that propagate downwind from a wind obstruction (the terrain of Cape Mendocino in this case). Dry air from land and/or subsident flow in lee of obstruction gets trapped in circulation, forming what appears to be an “eye”. Find out more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kármán_vortex_street | US National Weather Service Eureka California

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Von Karman vortex street (laminar, temperature), Re = 250 on Make a GIF

Von Karman vortices are swirls above the ocean, like those in the wake of a ship. These were yesterday off the Canary Islands. Here's how they form https://youtu.be/U-cO64l1jMA Satellite image from Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere | Alan Sealls Weather

🎥 Simulating Vortex Shedding Behind a Cylinder — ANSYS Fluent CFD | JAYAPRAKASH AIDULAPURAM

The von Kármán Vortex Street and Tacoma Narrows Disaster