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Satellite imagery showed "cloud streets" forming off the Florida coast on Feb. 1 as Arctic air moved south. The rare bands of clouds occur when cold, dry air flows over warmer ocean water.
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00:00An arctic blast didn't just freeze Florida this weekend, it painted the sky.
00:04As record-setting cold barreled south, GOES East captured a stunning sight.
00:08Long, perfect rows of clouds stretching across the Gulf and Atlantic.
00:11They're called cloud streets, born when frigid dry air sweeps over warmer water,
00:16picking up heat and moisture and organizing into parallel bands.
00:19You can even see the clear gap hugging the coastline,
00:22the zone where the air hasn't gathered enough warmth to bloom into clouds.
00:25As temperatures dipped into the 20s and 30s, it became the rare Florida cold you could see from space.
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