Hydraulic jump in the atmosphere over the eastern half of New Mexico.
This animated loop from visible light weather satellite images this morning shows a middle layer of clouds over the eastern half of New Mexico. The location of the cloud is stationary, but the winds are howling up there.
This cloud shows the presence of a hydraulic jump in the atmosphere. The trigger point roughly coincides with the 'central spine' of high terrain in New Mexico that runs north/south.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_jump
Glider pilots can find lift a short distance upwind of the start of the hydraulic jump cloud. (The challenge is finding other lift to get up there.)
[Edit/add: a cool photo before dawn of part of this cloud formation:
https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/115740764334325378 ]
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