What caused this bizarre U-shaped cloud over King’s Lynn?
Published:
1:19 PM March 8, 2018
Updated:
11:27 AM October 10, 2020
The mysterious vapour trail over King's Lynn. Picture: Chris Bishop - Credit: Archant
Did you see this mysterious vapour trail or cloud over King's Lynn yesterday?
At first, it looked like an aircraft had performed a U-turn over South Wootton around 4.30pm.
Except the radius of the turn was so tight it seems unlikely a plane could have performed it.
Could it perhaps have been a rare horseshoe vortex cloud?
The Cloud Appreciation Society's website says: 'This cloud forms in a region of rotating air, or vortex. Such vortices usually form vertically, sometimes leading to waterspouts or even tornados, but occasionally they can develop with a horizontal axis and give rise to a gently rotating crescent of cloud.'