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Beware of clouds!

Video - Storms, storms, storms
2023 | Kerry, Ireland

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One wouldn’t think it, but clouds can produce super strong winds by their own doing. This video might look like it’s showing winds from a typical North Atlantic storm. But the quick footage is from 20 m/s winds during a small January rainstorm over Rossbeigh that lasted maximum 15 minutes. These isolated rainstorms mostly occur when cold air collapses from great heights through a cloud. As this falling air hits the ground after a several kilometres drop, it’s blasted out in all directions, causing potentially destructive winds.

The piece of wooden debris chasing the car in this video could’ve chased me as well.

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I’m originally from Denmark, but now living in Cork, Ireland and working with visual science communication. You may have found this post because you were curious about this page or wanted to know more about the topic at hand – in any case: welcome.

There are more writings, visuals and videos around here about geology, the weather, our planet, Ireland, Denmark and other things that interest me.