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Old February 2nd 16, 12:23 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Iridescent clouds tonight in East Scotland

On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 12:11:50 PM UTC, Freddie wrote:
Martin Brown Wrote in message:
On 01/02/2016 18:14, Col wrote:
On 01/02/2016 18:11, Trevor Harley wrote:
Behind the view of flying trees and roofs there was quite a good
display of iridescent (I think they are) clouds this evening.

http://trevorharley.com/trevorharley/Weather.html


Saw something very similar here towards the west.


It appears the strong winds have punched some water vapour up into the
stratosphere.

I think they have formed because the stratosphere is much colder
than normal at the moment, rather than additional water vapour
being added to it.

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Yes Martin they are still there. Skies have cleared somewhat and with them being in the Southern half of the sky and a low sun, they are quite hard to spot, unless you know they're there.