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Wall Clouds vs. Shelf Clouds

Understanding the differences

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Tornado Titans
Oct 13, 2020
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To a beginning storm observer, wall clouds and shelf clouds (and more broadly inflow vs. outflow features) -- can be confusing. Both of these storm features look to hang down from storms and oftentimes they can be mistook for one another.

However, these two could not be more different. Check out our new video explaining the differences:

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