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Mark Matthews - Wytheville
ROANOKE, Va. – Many of you took note of the sunset Saturday evening and sent us some gorgeous pictures.
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Mark Matthews - WythevilleAndrea Holdren - BuchananAlice Johnston - WythevilleMark Matthews - WythevilleDiana Dunham - Cave SpringKim Rosenbarger - DalevilleAutumn Duncan - ChristiansburgKim Wilson - BonsackLaurie White - Cave SpringCourtney McFarling - Fork MountainHedda St. Clair - Burke's GardenChelsea Hall - ChristiansburgLisa Harvey - Claytor LakeAshley Dean - Max MeadowsBeth Holdren - Smith Mountain LakeAlicia Wood - Rocky MountTodd Wolford - WythevilleKathy Nordstrom - Boones MillDonna Hull - Smith Mountain LakeJennifer Powell - RoanokeDanny Redd - GalaxJim Bocckinfuso - WestlakeRobin Funk - FriesDawnetta Taylor - Christiansburg
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This was all due to the clouds streaming in off Tropical Storm Beta. The storm will make landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast early in the week, and its clouds are now suppressed to our south.
Satellite imagery from around sunset Saturday shows those clouds drifting off the storm.
Satellite and radar imagery of Tropical Storm Beta from 9/19/2020
These clouds were around airplane level. At this level, the air was so cold that the clouds were made primarily of ice crystals (cirrus clouds). As the sun sets, its light bounces off the crystals and produces the vibrant colors we often see before the sun goes below the horizon.
