The "rope" is getting on for 1000 miles long. From the corresponding IR
image it can be seen that it is low cloud. I suppose it is the result of
convergence but it is surprisingly well-defined yet very narrow over
such a long distance.
Interesting ,seems to be along the ITCZ Norman
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb/ATSA_06Zbw.gif
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regards,
david
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