Intense low-level convection over the Gulf of Mexico as extremely cold air flows over warmer Gulf of Mexico waters

Intense low-level convection over the Gulf of Mexico as extremely cold air flows over warmer Gulf of Mexico waters. Very narrow parallel cloud bands begin near the northern shore and become much larger convective elements to the south. TIROS X photograph, pass 3039/3038, camera 1, frame 7. Picture of the Month, “Monthly Weather Review,” July 1966.

Photo Category: Space - Imagery - Visible
Photo Date: 1966 January 30 1636 GMT