Morning Glory cloud

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The Morning Glory cloud is a rare, long, tube-shaped roll cloud that can stretch hundreds of kilometers and is famously observed in the skies over Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria.

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Morning Glory cloud canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arcus cloud ⓘ
meteorological phenomenon ⓘ
roll cloud ⓘ
formsInEnvironment high humidity in the lower troposphere ⓘ
light to moderate low-level winds ⓘ
stable boundary layer ⓘ
temperature inversion near the surface ⓘ
hasAppearance long, horizontal roll cloud ⓘ
hasCloudType cumulus ⓘ
stratocumulus ⓘ
hasFirstScientificDescriptionYear 1940s ⓘ
hasLength hundreds of kilometers ⓘ
hasNotableLocation Burketown Morning Glory viewing area ⓘ
hasObservationFrequencyGlobally very rare outside northern Australia ⓘ
hasObservationFrequencyInGulfOfCarpentariaSeason often several events per season ⓘ
hasPeakMonths October ⓘ
September ⓘ
hasResearchInterestIn boundary-layer meteorology ⓘ
mesoscale meteorology ⓘ
nonlinear atmospheric wave dynamics ⓘ
hasSeasonalOccurrence late dry season in northern Australia ⓘ
hasShape tube-shaped cloud band ⓘ
hasTourismAspect attracts visitors to Burketown for cloud watching ⓘ
hasTypicalHeightAboveGround about 100 to 2000 meters ⓘ
hasTypicalSpeed about 10 to 20 meters per second ⓘ
about 30 to 70 kilometers per hour ⓘ
hasTypicalWidth about 1 to 2 kilometers ⓘ
hasVerticalMotion rising air on leading edge ⓘ
sinking air on trailing edge ⓘ
isAssociatedWith Burketown, Queensland ⓘ
linked to: Burketown

gravity waves in the lower atmosphere ⓘ
mesoscale solitons ⓘ
sea-breeze fronts ⓘ
isDrivenBy gravity current dynamics ⓘ
propagating atmospheric bore ⓘ
isLinkedTo interaction of sea breezes from east and west coasts of Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
nocturnal cooling over land ⓘ
synoptic-scale pressure patterns over northern Australia ⓘ
isMostFamouslyObservedIn Gulf of Carpentaria region ⓘ
northern Australia ⓘ
isObservedNear Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
Gulf Country ⓘ
isPrecededBy convergence lines over the Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
isRare true ⓘ
isSoughtBy glider pilots ⓘ
hang glider pilots ⓘ
sailplane pilots ⓘ
occursMostFrequentlyAtTimeOfDay early morning ⓘ
producesEffect gust front conditions ⓘ
rapid changes in temperature and pressure at passage ⓘ
sudden wind shift at surface ⓘ
provides strong, long-lived lift for soaring aircraft ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gulf of Carpentaria → hasPhenomenon → Morning Glory cloud ⓘ
Burketown → knownFor → Morning Glory cloud ⓘ