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BradG7
01-26-2006, 11:59 PM
This white coloring in Lake Erie is baffeling, any takers :confused:

JonMcP
01-27-2006, 03:09 AM
My guess would be altocumulus clouds


http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/mdl/altcu.rxml


But it does seem strange that they just seem to have popped up in that one location...

terryt
01-27-2006, 09:26 AM
could it be some kind of coral reef or waves?

Flying High
01-27-2006, 10:17 AM
Definatley a cloud... (Altocumulous) I would say.

BradG7
01-27-2006, 10:18 PM
Can't be waves, you'll never see waves the are over 300ft long in the Great Lakes, no matter how consistent the wind is.