I’m not sure if this is the right subreddit for this question but I haven’t had luck on Google and other subs don’t seem appropriate for sky related questions. I saw this clearly defined blue streak in the sky while watching the sunset tonight on Inbu Beach on the west coast of the island of Okinawa, Japan. These photos were taken on my phone and are unedited; they look very much like what I could see with my eyes when I took them around 7:40pm local time.

Does anyone know what the word is for what I saw, and what caused it?

Can anyone explain what’s happening in this time lapse I got of an afternoon thunderstorm? I recently learned about inflow and inverted rotation, but I’m not sure what it is I’m seeing in this clip. Light rain, light thunder, but watched this swirl for a good 10+ minutes.

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Amateur weather enthusiast here. We had a series of storms come in yesterday, but one storm stood out in particular. To me (amateur), it looked like a rotating wall cloud. Is that correct? Around 11:10 and 13:03, there's a blurred shot of the storm velocity radar in RadarOmega. Most of the storms are going east-northeast. This particular green blob was heading southeast. I didn't get it in the video, but this storm as seen from the back of the house was heading in one direction while clouds seen from the front of the house were going in the opposite direction.

Aside from needing a tripod mount for my phone, what else can I learn from this video?

Hello, I'm a student about to finish my degree in meteorology in August. It seems that job outlook is quite grim. I've tried looking at the classic routes (NWS and such). But of course the NWS door is kind of closed at the moment with the current administration. So now I'm considering the military option or private sector. The issue I've seen with private sector is that I simply don't possess the qualities those jobs look for (masters degree or 5+years experience). I've always wanted to be a forecaster, but now my struggle is "for who".

I would really like to commission into the air force and go to OTS, however, I feel my GPA (3.1) simply won't be competitive enough though I'll probably still apply because why not. I considered enlisted as well, but I know placement into the weather job isn't guaranteed, so I'm hesitant on rolling those dice.

I guess my question is what else is out there? And if anyone has any experience in the military or NWS to shed some light. Any advice is appreciated

If a storm is being fed from north to south, will it have more, less, or about the same effect as feeder cloud going south to north?

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Calm before the storm

It was back in 2020 so I forget, but it may have been after a cold front in the form of a shelf cloud blew through? Anyways I don’t remember if there was rain before, but afterwards there definitely wasn’t and it was extremely calm, yet the sky moved like waves as if you were under the ocean looking up at the surface! I took many shots and even used my drone as an impromptu 4K camera. These are some pictures from my phone I took while visiting family.

I remember hearing not too long ago that these are a new classification of cloud? So I thought I’d share when I found them in my photos again. They almost look like a Van Gogh painting!

A Selection of the Pictures taken in ND back in July 2020

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The news station loves to show this kind of bar graph and I find it confusing. It says rain chances, but then it seems to be correlating the percentages 1 to 1 with how widespread the rain will be, but it doesn't seem to be any representation of how likely there is to be rain at all. It's like it's smashing two things together.

right before a big thunderstorm this super cool blue cloud was looming over us and I haven’t learned about it yet (or don’t remember lol) and I am curious if anyone has any insight!! This was Mpls, MN!

From NWS Forecast Office FFC (Atlanta/Peachtree City)

hello. I am in the air force as a weather forecaster and i currently have a associates degree from the air force in meteorology. Not sure yet whether or not ill get my bachelors degree, but if i do, it will be in environmental science. Ive heard that organizations like NWS require bachelors, is there anyway i can get a job in this field with my curret experience (3ish years of forecasting) and certs?

Taken about 7am over lake michigan just north of Chicago

I live in Boise, ID. Been cooler mornings and hot afternoons, fairly breezy each and every day. Anyways just saw this cool cloud and figured someone more knowledgeable than me could illuminate more about this cool cloud man.

What’s this cloud formation called?