Good morning all! I received so many cool photos this morning on this “attack of the jellyfish” upon our area. I am happy to say that we were not under attack, but only witnessing a weather phenomenon called “virga”. This time of year when we have warm days and chilly nights, pockets of warm air on the surface rises into the atmosphere to the point where it condenses into a cloud (cumulus). In the mornings, the humidity and dewpoint is at its highest and precipitation begins to fall out of these little cumulus clouds. As the sun rises, it heats up the air and this precipitation evaporates on its way to the ground. These streaks you see is call “virga”. Simply put, virga are trails of precipitation that fall from the underside of a cloud but evaporates before it can reach the surface. This can be in form of rain or ice.
