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Originally Posted by The Universal Call  Keith:
What the heck are you talking about? Numerous people in this thread have tested this, myself included, and have gotten quite a few reports that the cloud did vanish. Should we continue for yet another week, get the same results, post it in this thread, and then find out that cloud naturally dissolve? Isn't it better to find that out BEFORE? |
Sorry, I misunderstood you. I was influenced by your posts in
another thread and assuming you were looking for a way to
explain the phenomenon in scientific terms (which I think it's too early for). If you were just saying "we should understand cloud science to establish a baseline that we can measure this phenomenon against", then I entirely agree. It makes sense to know the expectations so you can tell when they're being violated.
Unfortunately Meteorology is a very difficult field for predictability. There's a lot of unmeasurable minor variables involved (precise currents in the air, localised temperature variations, etc.). Still, exceeding expected baselines by a
large amount would be a good indicator.
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Originally Posted by InJoy What are you proposing, exactly? Clouds do naturally dissolve. They also naturally billow. I accept that as a given. What has been unusual has been the consistency with which we could predict which cloud would do what, and when. |
TUC's idea is a good one. In addition I would do something like the following:
1. Film a cloudbusting under the following conditions:
- multiple people agree that you're talking about the same cloud.
- film at least 10 minutes before and after the cloudbusting too.
2. Repeat many times.
3. Review the footage.
Compare the rate of cloud dissolution to that of other clouds around it.